• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    9 hours ago

    the Hollywood epic centered on silent movie stars in the 1920s as they struggle to adapt during the industry’s transition to talkies.

    Not a premise I’m even slightly interested in. Then again, I’m not even close to an average moviegoer.

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      8 hours ago

      That was basically the premise for Singing in the Rain and that movie was absolutely excellent.

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        5 hours ago

        Something tells me audiences in 1952 had slightly different tastes. Also the 1920s probably felt a lot more relevant; hardly anyone alive today remembers the silent-to-talkie transition, but it would have been an experience that many folks had personally witnessed back then.