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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWatching "Network" on TMC right now
for the 1st time and the similarities between Howard Beale and Donald Trump (and the people around them) is downright eerie. Almost prophetic.
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Watching "Network" on TMC right now (Original Post)
Boomerproud
Apr 2020
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Buckeye_Democrat
(15,511 posts)1. Oh, yeah! I haven't seen that movie in years, but...
...I recognize the similarities in anger.
That movie seemed so crazy when I saw it as a little kid in the 70s.
no_hypocrisy
(54,565 posts)2. Seems more like a documentary now that a little history has passed.
mopinko
(73,421 posts)3. watched it a week ago.
agreed.
Ferryboat
(1,248 posts)4. Awesome movie
Actor died of heart attack just after it came out. More or less dissapeared at the time.
We need to do a Howard Beal movement.
Yavin4
(37,182 posts)5. "YOU WILL ATONE!"
"Am I getting through to you Mr. Beale?"
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)6. Have you seen the series with Jeff Daniels called The Newsroom?
