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   gggg gggg to Bill Anderson   
   Re: STAGECOACH (1939)   
   23 Jul 22 18:08:06   
   
   From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 8:43:35 AM UTC-7, 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.    
   >    
   > --    
   > Bill Anderson    
   >    
   > I am the Mighty Favog   
      
   (Youtube upload):   
      
   "CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: John Wayne in STAGECOACH from STEVE HAYES: Tired Old   
   Queen at the Movies"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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