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Nov 7, 2022·edited Nov 7, 2022

Just read the review after watching Tar this pm. Sonny is correct that calling it an anti cancel culture movie is a bad take. Cate Blanchett did a spot on (but somewhat parody-like) imitation of a famous classical musician, down to the mid-Atlantic accent. I must say in real life, the punishments would not have been as severe, just look at Placido Domingo is still being booked everywhere in continental Europe.

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Between Tar and The Banshees of Inisherin, I'm really beginning to really resent living in a town with on multiplex that mostly shows Marvel Movies. The closest screening of Tar is an hour away and I can't even find a showing of Banshees?

I'm in a college town of 30,000 about 80 minutes from a midsized city, so I'm a little surprised how hard it is see some of these movies. I mean Tar isn't exactly indie is it? It looks like Kate Blanchett is doing the Talk show circuit and Colin Firth is Colin Firth. Do I just live in a cultural wasteland or is the distribution of these "artier" films changing, because I remember catching In Bruges when I was at college in a similarly sized town.

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Thanks for the tip and info on Night of the Living Dead!

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NLD is a classic.. plus I grew up in the Pittsburgh area and there is a lot of local connection there. I watched "Chilly Billy" Cardille growing up.

Plus I was at California U of PA when they filmed some variation on it and had friends that got cast as zombies.

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Nov 4, 2022Liked by Sonny Bunch

Amen. BTW both Athena and Bros. discussions were 1st rate. Thanks.

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