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To: Enchante

I didn’t see it, so I probably didn’t miss a thing


3 posted on 11/04/2017 2:31:02 AM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: Kaslin

You didn’t miss anything worth seeing, that’s for sure. Sometimes I used to go see a current hit like that just to see what all the fuss is about, but I’m pretty well cured of that temptation after seeing too much Hollyweird garbage over the years.


7 posted on 11/04/2017 3:47:57 AM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: Kaslin
I saw it when it came out - probably 20 years ago at this point. The only part that stuck with me was a middle-aged Spacey smoking marijuana and working the drive through window at a fast food restaurant after giving up his middle class lifestyle. Sort of a farce, a portrayal of a modern day Rabbit Angstrom style mid-life crisis. Depraved? Sure, the movie was depraved. Like a lot of others I've seen over the years (i.e. "Silence of the Lambs"; "Reservoir Dogs").

I can see a movie (or read a novel) and not have it negatively impact my real life world or compromise my set of morals. It's escapism.

It amazes me that some people take Hollywood and the actors so seriously. They are essentially court jesters. Song and dance men (and women) who decided to make their living entertaining the rest of us us. Back in the Middle Ages, they'd be making the king and his court laugh but after their performance, they'd have to eat at the servants table as that was what they were considered as. Due to cinema and other modern technology, their performances can be enjoyed by the masses and they have thus been able to convert their art into a mass industry that generates billions of dollars a year in revenue. But when it all comes down to it, they are still just entertainers, just common people. Their political opinions and such are innocent and naive because they are mostly simple-minded people who lucked into an industry that made them rich and famous. Along the same lines as modern day ballplayers who make their livings slinging balls around and running up and down a field or a court.

20 posted on 11/04/2017 6:17:40 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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