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THE LESSONS OF “CASABLANCA”
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| 13 Dec 2023
| Scott Johnson / Cliff May
Posted on 12/13/2023 3:08:10 PM PST by Rummyfan
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Gawd knows I have a lot of issues with FDR, but he did get this right.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:08:10 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
“I was misinformed” - My favorite line.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:13:34 PM PST
by
granite
("It's a Barnum and Bailey World, Just as Phony as it can be.")
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:14:54 PM PST
by
sauropod
(The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
To: Rummyfan
The.Best.Movie.Of.All.Time.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:16:15 PM PST
by
workerbee
(==)
To: Rummyfan
The full bottle Inspector Renault throws in the trash at the end is “Vichy Water”. A lot of people these days might not get it but everybody got it back then.
To: All
",,, I bet President Biden has seen it, but he should watch it again. I imagine that Spongebob Squarepants is more to Joe's taste these days.
To: Rummyfan
"I bet President Biden has seen it, but he should watch it again."
It will be like watching it for the first time for Joetato.
And then he'll claim he was the director...
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:21:24 PM PST
by
chrisser
(I lost my vaccine card in a tragic boating accident.)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:23:03 PM PST
by
WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
(Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
To: Rummyfan
World War II a very necessary war necessitated by a mistake called World War I.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:23:41 PM PST
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
To: LegendHasIt
I imagine that Spongebob Squarepants is more to Joe's taste these days. He'd be perfect as Patrick......"Is mayonnaise an instrument?"
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:24:24 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Rummyfan
Everybody Comes to Rick's, was the original title.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:28:21 PM PST
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Rummyfan
"but in the film’s final scene, Rick shoots Major Strasser,"
Spoiler alert.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:30:48 PM PST
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Ever see “The Cheap Detective”?
A good parody of Casablanca and Maltese Falcon.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:32:51 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: Psalm 73
"but in the film’s final scene, Rick shoots Major Strasser,"And thus Captain Renault's immortal line -
Round up the usual suspects.
Who hasn't seen Casablanca?
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:33:01 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
To: chrisser
“They made that movie ‘bout me an’ Chill. No joke. ‘S’why issn blackenwhite,” he’d explain.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:37:45 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Rummyfan
"Who hasn't seen Casablanca?"
Well, I WAS going to watch it tonight....
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:38:41 PM PST
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Key Largo had some big time actors.
Humphrey Bogart
Edward G Robinson
Lauren Bacall
Lionel Barrymore
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:40:41 PM PST
by
Texas resident
(Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
To: Rummyfan
Is it a Love Story? A Political Treatise? A war Movie?
Calling Rick an Isolationist in relation to war leaves out Ingrid, Paris, and that song.
Rick was an emotional Isolationist from a broken heart.
Casablanca as an Island of Lost Souls is where he sets up shop.
Like “Titanic”, it’s a Love Story in an historical setting.
Bergman reignites his humanity, to get back in that fight.
IRL, Conrad Veidt is the real Hero.
Spent his fortune and his life fighting the Evil.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:40:49 PM PST
by
Macoozie
(Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
To: Rummyfan
The article spells it out quite succinctly.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:43:02 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: Rummyfan
One of my favorite all time movies. I try not to watch it too many times because I don’t want to get sick of it.
Maybe the best exchange in the movie...
Louie to Rick: “Why did you come to Casablanca?”
Rick: “I came for the waters.”
Louie; “Waters? We’re in the desert. There are no waters.”
Rick: “I was misinformed.”
Nobody overacted, except for may that French girl. Great movie that apparently Bogart and Bergman did want to be doing and the script was being made up as they want. Nevertheless, a great movie.
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posted on
12/13/2023 3:43:43 PM PST
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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