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   Alan Smithee to Bill Anderson   
   Re: STAGECOACH (1939)   
   22 Jul 22 21:59:58   
   
   From: alms@last.inc   
      
   On 06/30/2022 12:43 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:   
   > So it was just me and a 16-year-old kid stuck here at home yesterday   
   > afternoon. He was temporarily tired of his computer game and wondered what   
   > else we might do and I tried to think of a great movie to watch. Something   
   > he had never seen, but would be sure to like. KING KONG? “No, I don’t   
   like   
   > black-and-white movies.“   
   >   
   > How  about a western? STAGECOACH?   
   >   
   > What’s it about?   
   >   
   > So I give him the basic rundown and described all the characters (he had   
   > heard of John Wayne) and he allowed that that sounded pretty good.   
   >   
   > “But it’s in black-and-white.”   
   >   
   > “I don’t care. Westerns are different.“   
   >   
   > Well OK, so we watched it and he declared that it was one of the best   
   > movies he had ever seen in his life. Which of course would be true for most   
   > anybody who isn’t Apache, but it was really refreshing to see a Marvel fan   
   > recognize that fact.   
   >   
   > I’m not going to give up on KING KONG, though. One of these days I expect   
   > him to have a similar epiphany.   
      
   'the african queen' next   
      
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