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Ted & Venus (1991) - ★★★★☆

I think there's probably quite a lot to be said for this movie—someone else might tell you that it's an at times uncomfortably realistic depiction of our increasingly alienated culture; they might call it a prediction of what would in twenty or so years come to be known as "incel culture," or even name it a precursor to 2019's Oscar-winning best film of the year, Joker. I do think it's a lot of these things, and I also think it's the kind of movie that lots of people "These Days" would like, but oddly enough I could only find it available to watch on YouTube, which probably means not many people "These Days" are watching it at all. Except this guy, that is, who I think missed the point a little bit:


To be fair, maybe I missed the point. Regardless, I think all movies should have a YouTube comment section, as it really completes the movie-watching experience and opens a one's eyes up to all different kinds of perspectives. 

There probably is quite a lot to be said for this movie—unfortunately, I will not be saying any more, because about halfway through, I finally found one an instagram account which told me about several things I had been hoping to learn about a particular person who I encounter twice a week for eighty minutes in a classroom setting, and I had to look at that instead. I still watched the whole movie, but was much less than fully concentrated on it. I did pay complete attention long enough to catch Woody's cameo—this commenter just about sums that experience up:


I was indeed disappointed by Woody's minimal presence, but like Mr. Ed, I think this probably is at least a good film that I might watch again someday without getting distracted by a truly revelatory instagram account. 


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