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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:23 AM Original message |
Does a Movie Have 2 have a Gay theme |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. My big beef with Crash was the fact that it confronted most forms of |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. and Brokeback,,,, |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I did not say Brokeback confronted racism |
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QC
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You nailed it. n/t |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Brokeback wasn't about confronting anything - it wasn't a MESSAGE movie. |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. But in the characters and the crafting, it DID confront homophobia |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I could equally argue it's an anti-gay movie, if I cared to. That's part |
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joshcryer
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. It became a message movie... |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No, the movie remained the same. And there was barely any controversy |
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joshcryer
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. *Barely* any controversy? |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. To the contrary - the fundies largely ignored it. You can find articles |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. HELLO, that's my point |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Baloney. Both were indies. And Crash had far more stars in it. |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. All were indies, except |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I would venture to say that homophobia makes more DUers |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. I beg to differ |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I disagree |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Racism is a thing of the past |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. My point is, that people are more afraid of gays, than of people |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Racism is more subtle now |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:50 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. I never said racism was GONE... |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I've meet racist homosexuals |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Just so you are aware, I am straight |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. and I'm Black |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I am Chippewa |
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NMMNG
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:44 AM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Do you even realize how many people kill themselves |
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QC
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. What a bizarre non sequitur of a response. n/t |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
54. so many people don't get it |
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joshcryer
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. The stars in crash were there for the message. |
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k_jerome
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. which did more box office? which was favored by the bookmakers? |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Brokeback Mountain |
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idlisambar
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. they have to save something for the sequel |
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k_jerome
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. sour grapes when your fav doesn't win. |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. But Brokeback wasn't about intolerance. |
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cynatnite
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What I like about Brokeback was... |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I can assure you, subtle CRASH was not. |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. what? |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Terrible things can be beautiful. Hurricanes are, tsunamis are - just not |
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cynatnite
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. It was beautiful in the telling... |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Annie Proulx has this great short story about some brothers raised by |
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JI7
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. actually, it's society that is intolerant |
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Richard Steele
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. There are many fine films which address the issue of racism. |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
59. totally agree with you, dicksteele |
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Richard Steele
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. "Crash" is just the latest naked Emperor. |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. yep, and we must be racist too... |
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angee_is_mad
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:33 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. On that shocking note |
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Richard Steele
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:51 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Tee hee! Nice one, Angee! I am off to slumberland myself... |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. brokeback was the most over-rated movie of the year. |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. yep, it was thought-provoking alright |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. can you actually tell us what you disliked about the movie |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The implausibility of it, for one thing, the ham handedness of it, the |
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Hissyspit
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yup. n/t |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Joe spoke for me |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. no, silly |
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Skittles
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. no, it's about which one was a better movie |
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Blue-Jay
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Since when? |
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Skittles
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. well, it's SUPPOSED to be about the best of the year |
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Blue-Jay
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Yeah. In a perfect world, maybe. |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
62. No, the Oscars only tell us who the Academy Members voted for |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. the fact of the matter is |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Is that a "fact"? Can you support your claim? |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. have you seen brokeback mountain? |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes, I have. Can you support your claim of "fact"? N/T |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. here are the "facts" you wanted. |
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QC
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. What did Transamerica win? n/t |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. i didn't say it won anything. |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You said the fact was that most who praise brokeback haven't seen it. |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. i don't have proof of this but i do know that most of the people |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. So it's not a "fact" - it's your unfounded speculation. |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Thank you for |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. it funny how you jump all over people who say the movie is awful |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Pardon me? I asked you to support your CLAIM of FACT that MOST |
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LiberalGuy000
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
64. omg |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. growup |
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mondo joe
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. How exactly do we know what the "theme" is anyway? In the Denzel/Halle |
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QC
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. My money is on bisexual Nicaraguans with body image disorders. n/t |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Sounds like the old Sally Jessy Raphael show! |
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melissaf
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
43. Here is my completely unsolicited opinion |
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Katherine Brengle
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
48. Personally, I love Crash. But I hated that 3 Six Mafia song, ick... |
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melissaf
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I liked Crash, too |
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Ava
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
53. my point is |
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hobo_baggins
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
56. I say just be happy a movie is confronting bigotry at all |
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melissaf
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. hear, hear |
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jeffrey_X
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Agreed. This year's winning move was going to deal with something |
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XemaSab
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
78. This is not AIM |
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k_jerome
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. please spell out what AIM is. for the love of god.nt |
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jeffrey_X
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. lol |
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