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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Beearewhyain
(600 posts)55. +3 and for some reason...
no one gets the joke. Seriously, this film was made in 1992 and was high parody at the time but watching it now it's like any teabagger running for office. Right down to that scene where he is questioned into a corner and responds by asking "Are you a communist?"
Yes, depressing but so true.
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Mississippi Burning was a really good one that had lots of political implications.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2013
#4
Second the motion, a great movie about the civil rights politics of the 60's
bottomofthehill
Jun 2013
#30
If you want some laughs, check out Bullworth. It's not great cinema and has its share
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#46
Lincoln,12 angry men,Grand Torino,Frost/Nixon,Quiz Show,Downfall,41,Being There
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#60
As an 18th Century scholar observing the 21st Century, I'm afraid the answer is Idiocracy.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
Jun 2013
#109