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On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 22:03:54 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
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ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 15:56:06 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 wrote:
Did the review mention the movie's star should have been executed
for treason?
Luckily, the US wasnAt an authoritarian Fascist state.
Not back then, anyway ...
I recall reading a letter in /Army Times/ (a rather specialized
newspaper) from an Army wife stating that her performance in /Coming
Home/ made up for her previous bad behavior.
Of course, in those days we were, as you note, still somewhat sane.
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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