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"I was a teenager when I got into Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody was everywhere after it was on Wayne’s World. There’s so much joy in their music, a real not-giving-a shit-ness. It’s great to see them in this documentary being these normal, geeky people. You see all the mundanity that goes on behind the scenes of Freddie’s showmanship on stage, plus there’s the unexpectedness of hearing his gentle English accent. Then you hear him live, and see the sweat in his moustache, and it’s spine-tingling."

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George Saunders recommended Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right in Books (curated)

"This book shot a lightning-bolt of understanding into my mind regarding the role of social media in the terrible political division racking our country. It also made me think that we make a grave error when we mistake the virtual world (of anonymity, cowardice, surficial snark, and posturing, one-dimensional, self-presentational bravado) for the real one – the one where people have to say things to one another’s faces, and are constrained, via the basic manners we are all pretty adept at learning, from being rude, dickish, or insulting."

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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Nightcrawler (2014) in Movies

Sep 24, 2020

Nightcrawler (2014)

2014 | Drama, Mystery

8.4

(24 Ratings)

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Jake Gyllenhaal is someone I've always considered a quality actor, but his portrayal in this movie is next level. He completely engulfs himself in the role of a creepy as hell fella who slowly allows his mind to be taken over by ideas of grandeur fueled by the suffering of others. A crazy take on what seems to be becoming a very real and serious thing in the world we've created. Definitely something you should check out if you aren't easily woozie and don't mind a bent cranium.