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Kennedy Center board member claims she was forcibly muted during call on name change: ‘This was not unanimous’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Tbh I was just referring to Aladeen

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love that dumb movie so much

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

SBC is a bit of a comedic genius. Yes, he works better with raw unscripted material, but I certainly appreciated him mocking both middle-eastern dictatorships and US flavored capitalism with democracy sprinkled on top, in the same movie... While also making fun of people who take racial stereotypes seriously (the 911 scene in the helicopter)