Picture Play, January 1919
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Honestly it seems even more impressive and strange in hindsight that an amendment to the US Constitution (something which is notoriously extremely difficult to accomplish!) banning alcohol was ratified and then repealed all in the span of 14 years.
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Picture Play, January 1919
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just let me talk about the cabinet of caligari for a second bc its one of my hyperfixations but since nico grew up in 30s italy and obviously italy was allied with germany in ww2 it isnt completely unreasonable to say he probably saw the cabinet of dr caligari as a kid and went "huh"
for context, this is cesare, the lead role played by conradt veidt, an openly bisexual jewish man:
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"Who's this coming up?"
"Oh, it's just the baby boy, coming back from getting an ice cream cup!"
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tommy's faith and trust in arthur's ability to take charge/take responsibility/be The Man is so astounding and bitter sweet, both in terms of how much the war broke arthur but also tommy's own sentimentality when it comes to him. and it's not a belief based on nothing at all either! it's knowledge and experience, and it's sort of the core problem when it comes to the frustration and resentment they feel towards each other; the constant back and forth and never seeing eye-to-eye despite craving that very thing and wanting something from the other that is impossible to give, because they are both so damaged in such irreparable ways
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