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   From: agabb@tpgi.com.au   
      
   sirblob1@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > and thou it was fairly amoosing at time overall rather dreary   
   >   
   > and surely it's not really connected to real life. i mean i know folk   
   > music is all wishy washy nippy snippy crappy dippy family friendly   
   > traditional bollocks, but surely these people arent based in real life?   
   > i mean you're not telling me that parker posey is the equivalent of   
   > rosanne cash and catherine o hara some cross between a joan baez and a   
   > joni mitchell, or whatever the hell is folk cuz i no longer seem to   
   > know now do i.   
      
   To get a kick out of this movie you need (a) a sense of humour, (b)   
   an irony implant for those whose national humour lacks this   
   important facet of humour, and (c) a deep understanding of the folk   
   movement and music in the 60s. Even so it's not much more than   
   several chuckles and a giggle or two, but definitely worth watching   
   given the above. It's just so *serious*!   
      
   As soon as you mentioned Roseanne Cash, I could see you were on the   
   wrong track. This is about *folk*, not Country (or Western). This   
   was the time when they wouldn't have Emmy Lou on the GOO, coz she   
   was too 'folky', and most of the folkies wouldn't have thought of   
   watching the GOO either - too many electric guitars and drums.   
      
   Believe it or not the folkies of this period took themselves very,   
   very seriously, even more seriously than today. So seriously that   
   they really believed that the future depended on them. That's where   
   a lot of the humour comes from.   
      
   Andrew   
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   Andrew Gabb   
   email: agabb@tpgi.com.au       Adelaide, South Australia   
   phone: +61 8 8342-1021   
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