Incredible! Freeps post "Being There" review and NO ONE GETS IT!

[kskiska]

There's only one small mention of any connection with *, and none with Ronnie Raygun!

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/956805/posts

To: HitmanNY

What is Being There about?

This is a great movie and more than just a comedy. I think it works because it contains more than just a grain of truth about how we actually operate.

5 posted on 08/01/2003 8:19 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds (All roads lead to reality. That's why I smile.)
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[Catshrink]

1. It's a wonderful movie

I highly recommend it.... It's definitely Jr.

Don't forget to watch the outtakes at the end -- absolutely hilarious!

[ParanoidPat]

2. Just tell them to substitute the words "in the garden"....

....with "on the pig farm" and they just might get it! :evilgrin:

[unblock]

3. except chauncey gardener was not mean-spirited

HUGE difference.

[HootieMcBoob]

4. Irony

Just another example that irony is completely over the heads of these guys. I remember thinking when I saw the movie in the early 80s that it was a great comment on the Reagan era. Now that Bush II is here it's even more timely.

[kskiska]

5. There are none so blind

as those that will not see.

They even think that Hitler and Naziism were left-wing.

[otohara]

6. Shirley McClain Throwing Herself

at Chauncey was priceless - I miss Peter Sellers

[ClintonTyree]

7. One of my all time favorites.....................

I recomend it to many, but many fail to see the point. IMO it was Seller's finest, and I too miss his brilliance.