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I'm going to find it and watch it, Then come back and finish reading. ;)

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

I have been ready for my close-up for 50 years! As a child model whose career peaked at 17, I am still searching for the next role! Ha... I absolutely adore that movie! And your analogy is just perfect!!

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

I just wanna say, Greg, I think you’re an incredibly talented writer. Truly.

I’ve never seen the movie, but I simply adore old black n whites, so def putting this one in my watch list now. Thank you for the inspiration!

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Terrific analogy! Thanks, Greg!

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At 50 she was beautiful, Anyway thanks for the movie, Greg. That music score was so fun! And a perfect comparison. I'm just so relieved that things are quieter, fun stories come out of the White House again. And all the chatter is how hard everyone is working. More than anything though, I can't wait to see Justice. We deserve Justice. Every single one of us has been Fucked over for 4 years, tortured, and traumatized for 4 god damn years. And I worry that Justice isn't going to swift nor harsh enough.

SO anyway, thanks for the movie, her wardrobe was lovely. Need to watch older black and whites again. I always loved the drama of Hitchcock. And the scary old Vincent Price Movies.

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Yep

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Well, since we're doing plot spoilers: Joe Gillis is already dead when the film begins, with an unforgettable angle on his floating corpse. But that doesn't stop him from talking. Anybody we know?

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Okay ~ so what is this feeling that you get while watching trump, and watching this movie, and watching a train wreck... because it's been stirring in my gut for the past 5 years, and thank god for Biden, because... Relief.

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Utterly brilliant, Greg, and SO much fun, Thank you. I would happily cash my (miniscule) pension cheque for months if it would enticed someone to force #MangoWanker the Turdking to testify in person in front of the Senate. OMFG. So many happy dreams, yet to come, too!

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Brilliant comparison. Sunset Boulevard is one of my favorite movies too. Donald Trump as Norma Desmond. Perfect.

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

A perfect ending for Trump. Yep, he'll shoot the Republican party dead. They're already in hospice. Hawley and Cruz are on ventilators. And good luck Miss Lindsey and Mitchie. They are all de classé now. We have a good president now - one who cares about other humans. Maybe now we can begin to recuperate from the four years of this decadent, degraded arse of a human being trying to destroy everything good about this country. I'm starting to recover from the persistent PTSD I felt from the moment I heard of Hillary's defeat. Greg Olear, you have been one key person who has kept me afloat. Thank you, endlessly. You and LB and Zev Shalev.

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

I saw this brilliant cartoon, and changed the Trump quote to be a bit more relevant to today

https://dsc.cloud/ff8db1/1612716739.jpg

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

I became obsessed with William Holden in my early 40's after seeing "Sabrina" and watched as many of his movies as I could. (He aged a lot between "Sunset Boulevard" & "The World of Suzie Wong.") "Sunset Boulevard" was my favorite - - riveting!

I knew that an old silent film of Gloria Swanson's was used in it, but didn't know the butler in the film was the real life director of that Swanson silent movie. Many layers of coolness!

As usual, Greg, you hit the nail on the head with your analogy. Our miserable former "Pretendent" is saying that he's not showing up for the hearings next week but I expect he'll change his mind back n' forth a few times just because that's the kind of high-maintenance bitch he is. I kept telling myself during his toxic reign (4 years that felt like 50) that an enjoyable part of "Mr. Fraud's Wild Ride" would come when he lost reelection & the SDNY would come for him. But I don't view this 2nd impeachment with the same glee. Glad the Democrats did it; it was absolutely necessary considering the circumstances and Brian Sicknick's life cut short thanks to IQ45 egging his deplorable army of stand-bys into murderous action. William's cartoon above is so on-point and interestingly germane to the current sea shanty fad. (Note the peg-leg, lmfao...)

Thanks for a great read.

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Feb 7, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Delicious. Just delicious!! Enjoyed it as much as I do watching Tom Brady. Bravo Mr. Olear!

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thanks.

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Feb 8, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

We just finished watching ‘Sunset Blvd.’

Thank you so much for planting the seed! It was striking how the parallels to the man at Mar-a-Lago! It was so good that we decided to watch it again at the end of the week! Compare endings!

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