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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _remove_otiose(lst):
 """lift deeply nested expressions out of redundant parentheses"""

    listtype = type([])
    while type(lst) == listtype and len(lst) == 1:
        lst = lst[0]

    return lst