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3 things about Suzannah Herbert’s NATCHEZ

Natchez [2025] 1. Walking down the street with a glass of white wine and an armload of her possessions for the consignment store.2. “Bless her heart. And I’m gonna send her some candy, some cookies or something.”“Don’t send her no … Continue reading

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3 things about Errol Morris’s AMERICAN DHARMA

American Dharma [2018] 1. Real profits from fictional currency. 2. It all began with an encounter at Sundance. 3. Breitbart shouting himself into a coronary.

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3 things about Norman Jewison’s IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

In the Heat of the Night [1967] 1. Fern root on the accelerator. 2. “Oh, now, don’t get smart, black boy. I don’t need it. No pity, thank you. No thank you!” 3. Flypaper strips hanging from the ceiling at … Continue reading

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3 things about THE JAZZ SINGER

The Jazz Singer [1927] 1. “New York! Broadway! Home! Mother!” 2. Myrna Loy as a curly-haired chorus girl. 3. “Perhaps he’s fallen in love with a shiksa.”

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