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michcapish

City of God

Jan 26, 2005 22:06

I didn’t really want to rent City of God. But because I read good reviews, I thought I should check it out. I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a brilliant film. And it didn’t need a Hollywood budget behind it. The story of those who lived in the slums of Rio de Janeiro only made the pseudo-gangsta lifestyle shown on MTV all that more hilarious (du’oh). As ( Read more... )

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michcapish January 26 2005, 20:24:17 UTC

haha. yeah, not by court order. you can say that again.

I'm reminded of the stories of my grandparents, who came here in the 1890s from Russia and Latvia.

1890s. I wonder what it was like for them to be in the US at that time.

little_sumo January 26 2005, 19:17:54 UTC

Stretch that back to about 100 years ago and you’d be looking at the wave of Scottish, Irish and British people who decided to build their fortunes in this country.

Wasn't Australia originally a penal colony? Kind of makes you wonder what kind of 'fortunes' those folks were after.

Also, makes ya wonder who owned said fortunes.

:b

michcapish January 26 2005, 20:26:09 UTC

you're right. oz was a penal colony. the Gold rush = really for the Aborigines if you think about it. but one can't reverse history.

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michcapish January 26 2005, 20:27:05 UTC

haha. you might die of boredom there. and there aren't any women. they're all either in australia or in the UK!

dunno about their immigration laws.