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   Paul S Person to All   
   Re: [NEWS] "The Obituary of Tunde Johnso   
   28 Feb 21 09:07:09   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.movies.current-films   
   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 08:01:49 +1300, Your Name    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2021-02-27 17:18:21 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   >> On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:14:19 +1300, Your Name    
   >> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Not really "sci-fi" other than having a time-loop ... plus   
   >>   
   >> Hey, it worked for /Groundhog Day/ and at least two other films (title   
   >> was something like "Happy Death Day"), so why not here?   
   >   
   >There are a lot more than two time loop movies, and even more if you   
   >add in TV show episodes.   
      
   But did it /work/ for them?   
      
   I wouldn't know, BTW, it's n   
      
   >>> "tackles a number of issues prevalent in American society   
   >>> including racism, police brutality, LGBTQ acceptance,   
   >>> mental health, and addiction."   
   >>>   
   >>> so sounds like it's incredibly tedious garbage anyway.   
   >>   
   >> Depends on how well it is done.   
   >   
   >Because obviously there isn't already enough "Politically Correct"   
   >garbage in real life, so we need it be continually shovelled at us as   
   >movie main themes as well ... nope! It's tediuous nonsense.   :-\   
      
   Ah. Your objection is /political/, not /artistic/.   
      
   Never mind.   
      
   >> The other two films mentioned above had some very funny and creative   
   >> death scenes.   
   >   
   --   
   "I begin to envy Petronius."   
   "I have envied him long since."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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