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Mike Birbiglia recommended Metropolitan (1990) in Movies (curated)

 
Metropolitan (1990)
Metropolitan (1990)
1990 | Comedy, Drama
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I saw this film in high school and I watch and re-watch it now like it’s an old friend. It’s about this very specific debutante culture in Manhattan, but because the protagonist is the outsider, we feel like it’s our movie, too. We’re the outsider who has a crush on the incredible, Molly Ringwald-esque Carolyn Farina."

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Ursula K. Le Guin recommended Silas Marner in Books (curated)

 
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"Silas Marner was probably on the 1945 high school curriculum because it was short and not about sex. I hated it — didn’t have a clue what it wasabout. Eliot (real name Mary Ann Evans) writes with a dry, adult humor and depth of experience of pain I could only appreciate when I finally finished growing up."

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    Hamlet 2 (2008)

    Hamlet 2 (2008)

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    In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson,...

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Keegan McHargue recommended Jubilee (1978) in Movies (curated)

 
Jubilee (1978)
Jubilee (1978)
1978 | Action, International, Drama
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"Jubilee is a really excellent time capsule of a scene, and when I first saw it on VHS in high school, it made a big impression on me. I especially love the scene called “Jordan’s Dance,” which was probably one of the first times I saw such an effective and purposeful combination of beauty and destruction."

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Tom Perrotta recommended The Scarlet Letter in Books (curated)

 
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1850 | Fiction & Poetry
6.8 (24 Ratings)
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"I hated this in high school, because I was young and couldn’t see myself or my world in the story of Hester Prynne. But then I reread it a few years ago, and realized that it contained a blueprint for the Sexual Revolution, the eternal clash between unruly desire and oppressive social convention. It’s all right here."

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