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   kpfssport (kpfssport@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 06:31:02 JST kpfssport

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   • Nicholas Whyte

   @nwhyte I think the answer will be no, but would it work better with Nimrod, asking because I think the Adagio fulfills the same cultural function in the US.

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     Nicholas Whyte (nwhyte@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 06:31:03 JST Nicholas Whyte

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     95) Platoon (1986)

     Depressingly violent. I felt no empathy with any of the protagonists at any stage. There is no named female character. And Barber’s *bloody* Adagio for Strings, all the *bloody* time.

     https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/platoon/

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     Nicholas Whyte (nwhyte@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 06:31:04 JST Nicholas Whyte

     Oscar-winning films from worst to best (in my humble opinion), apart from Oppenheimer which I haven’t seen yet.

     (If I remember to do two every day, I’ll get through them all before the ceremony.)