HoselRockit

HoselRockit t1_j2fximk wrote

Iran used be very progressive, especially in the areas for women. Unfortunately the Shah also had a secret police that had a nasty habit of making people disappear. This allowed the religious zealots to take over and reverse all those gains.

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HoselRockit t1_j2bvx63 wrote

In the early 2000s I was in a meeting with about a dozen people and one of the older gents referred to a blackout period as when they would be behind the green door. It took a minute for that comment to settle in and I sat there wondering how many people realized what kind of reference he just made in an open meeting.

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HoselRockit t1_iy1y9nw wrote

I have to chuckle that you called out Seven Samurai. I it saw years ago and recently recorded it off TCM, but have yet to get around to watching it because it’s so long.

I saw a Platoon once and purposely have never watched it again. It was pretty intense and made quite the impact, but I fear that if I watch it again I’ll be desensitized to everything that’s going on and it will lose its impact

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HoselRockit t1_iubzr7c wrote

I only saw the movie Jeremiah Johnson on regular TV. I rented it once from Blockbuster because I thought my daughter might like it. I told her it was fairly humorous. What I didn’t realize all those years was it a lot of the violence was edited out. This day I still get grief about telling them that Jeremiah Johnson was a comedy.

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