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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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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