Did this movie predict Trump back in 1957? We discuss the film debut of Andy Griffith in a role so dark, anyone who knows the Andy Griffith show might experience some uncomfortable dissonance.Some goodies that came up in our conversation:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPg5LjGYz8">The dance of joy from "Perfect Strangers"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6301-a-face-in-the-crowd-american-character">This essay about the film on the Criterion website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTCtiADVAWs">Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in a great scene from Broadcast News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/sS4UAZ5UfGY?si=Mw7h7D4DYRO05bgJ&amp;t=407">The 'ten-word-answer' scene from The West Wing</a></li>
</ul>What did you think of the film, on a scale of 1–10 grains of inert matter? Let us know!

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 &lt;p&gt;Did this movie predict Trump back in 1957? We discuss the film debut of Andy Griffith in a role so dark, anyone who knows the Andy Griffith show might experience some uncomfortable dissonance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some goodies that came up in our conversation:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPg5LjGYz8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The dance of joy from "Perfect Strangers"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6301-a-face-in-the-crowd-american-character"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This essay about the film on the Criterion website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTCtiADVAWs"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in a great scene from Broadcast News&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/sS4UAZ5UfGY?si=Mw7h7D4DYRO05bgJ&amp;amp;t=407"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The 'ten-word-answer' scene from The West Wing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;What did you think of the film, on a scale of 1–10 grains of inert matter? Let us know!&lt;/p&gt;
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Did this movie predict Trump back in 1957? We discuss the film debut of Andy Griffith in a role so dark, anyone who knows the Andy Griffith show might experience some uncomfortable dissonance.

Some goodies that came up in our conversation:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPg5LjGYz8">The dance of joy from "Perfect Strangers"</a>
<a href="https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6301-a-face-in-the-crowd-american-character">This essay about the film on the Criterion website</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTCtiADVAWs">Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in a great scene from Broadcast News</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/sS4UAZ5UfGY?si=Mw7h7D4DYRO05bgJ&amp;t=407">The 'ten-word-answer' scene from The West Wing</a>

What did you think of the film, on a scale of 1–10 grains of inert matter? Let us know!

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A Face In The Crowd

A Face In The Crowd

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