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I have no idea how this would read to somebody not familiar with classic Hollywood cinema (for as it is cheekily reiterated on several occasions: "in the decade between 1935 and 1945, no irrelevant film was made in the United States", emphasis NOT mine), if only because so much of the razor-sharp humor is wrapped up in knowing things like the ridiculous plot of The Seventh Veil or the absurdity of offhandedly proclaiming Since You Went Away a masterpiece or the humor in finding "the curve to the
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Apr 10, 2009
Michael Thomas Angelo
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I saw the movie. It's a campl classic with Raquel Welch and John Huston. They basically trashed the original concepts that Gore Vidal conveyed in the book. They made a mockery of it and Vidal was seething. But I love it. I hope to enjoy the book as much.
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"Myra Breckinridge is a dish, and don't you ever forget it, you motherfuckers - as the children say nowadays."
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Jul 06, 2009
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