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1. St John's Evil Twin (stjohn@mulligrubs.me)'s status on Saturday, 07-Apr-2018 23:49:31 EDT St John's Evil Twin
   "Lawrence of Arabia" is a great movie in so many ways, but it does have that ghastly, lazy colonialist narrative of the colonizer showing up and being better at being a native than the actual natives (see also "Dances with Wolves" and "Avatar"). But I think, for art's sake, it's important to be able to acknowledge a work's flaws and still appreciate the things it does well. Unlike "Avatar" and "Wolves", there are real things to appreciate about "Lawrence".
   1. St John's Evil Twin (stjohn@mulligrubs.me)'s status on Sunday, 08-Apr-2018 00:16:26 EDT St John's Evil Twin

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      He's in those white robes and all I can think is, how do you keep something like that clean?!
      1. St John's Evil Twin (stjohn@mulligrubs.me)'s status on Sunday, 08-Apr-2018 01:41:41 EDT St John's Evil Twin

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         Right, got all the way to the intermission (2hr 20 mins). Time to take a break for the evening and resume in the morning. No-one's watching a 4-hour movie in one go. That way lies madness.