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And if Almodovar loves the stage, the affection is apparently mutual: There is talk of mounting a musical version in Madrid of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (shades of Broadway's Hairspray), and he says there's a book coming out in Spain titled Almodovar for Actors, featuring excerpts of his scripts for aspiring thespians to use in class or for auditions.
Hence, the organizers define the genre as "short, powerful talks (eighteen minutes or less)" and TED's YouTube channel announce its podcasts as a format "where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes" (e.g.
"How to Deliver the Talk of Your Life." Six Minutes (11 January 2012): <http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/how-to-deliver-talk-life/>.