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scsnse t1_j4rs1u9 wrote

Interesting contemporary factoid about this movie: Ronald Reagan loved it and had it screened in the White House for him.

It’s fascinating that the race baiting, “tough on crime” conservative would love a work romanticizing urban gang members and their daily struggles. Perhaps, on some level as a young man who came of age during the Great Depression and who came from a working class family back then, he could relate in some way.

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Pluto_Rising t1_j4si5i5 wrote

Reagan was a shit Prez, but as an actor first, he liked a good movie.

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mcjackass t1_j4srbhd wrote

He just liked watching sweaty mens. In tight leather vests. Running all thru that dirty city. Oogah

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Pandelerium11 t1_j4s5cgz wrote

Trump liked one of Issa Rae's tweets, will wonders never cease.

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