Monday, July 17, 2017

What American Mainstream Culture Doesn't Need




Another movie about an angry man past his prime starring Al Pacino

Another comedy with Robert De Niro

Any movie with Diane Keaton

Another story about a broken down writer who turns into an alcoholic

Another movie about a reclusive cranky old man

Another movie about a reclusive cranky old man who is estranged from his son and is emotionally rehabilitated by his loving daughter and/or by his at-first reluctant friendship with a boy without a father

Another novel by Philip Roth

Another album of jazz standards by Bob Dylan

Another movie about vampires

Another movie about an escape from a prison that is impossible to escape from

Another movie about an angry young man who becomes a boxer

Another novel by Stephen King

Another book or movie about the Nazis

Another book or movie about the Holocaust

Another Hemingway biography

Another remake of a classic movie like Ben-Hur

Another Star Wars movie

Another movie with Anthony Hopkins playing a homicidal maniac or a ruthless corporate executive with a young wife or mistress who hates him but loves his money

Another movie version of Romeo and Juliet

Another Woody Allen comedy featuring a young Woody Allen clone

Another movie about a road trip across America

Another movie with over-the-hill stars who come out of retirement for one last bank robbery or gambling trip to Las Vegas

Another movie about a comic book hero

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