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multigraincracker

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7. Have you ever seen the movie A Face in the crowd.

Reply to DFW (Reply #5)

Mon May 19, 2025, 11:11 AM

May 19

1958 staring Andy Griffin. He was a populist and a phony. The happy ending was a lady kept the microphone running when he thought it was off and the whole country heard him call the idiots.
I’m hoping for the same ending to this movie.

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