Robert Fulford at the National Post takes an amusing look at the lessons learned at the movies.
While I might quibble with a few, they’re fun. What are some lessons you have learned at the movies?
Here’s one: If two people are arguing and one says something REALLY insightful and emotional, the argument instantly ends and some serious bonding immediately follows.
What else?
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Hah, I think he must be limiting his lessons to widely consumed films from 1925 to 1938, since most of his lessons are built on stereotypes of films that haven’t really been stapled in at least a couple generations.
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