Cold Comfort Farm (1995) is such a hilarious movie. I miss talking about it with you.
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...I've never seen this film. Is the clip representative of the whole thing?
ReplyDeleteIt's satire, LL. It bites at both sides: the elite upper crust and ignorant, self-inflicted poverty. It celebrates gumption and determination.
ReplyDeleteAs for my title: I hope you recognized Reagan in the Stockman/Woodshed reference.
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