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In Reply to: RE: creepy, boring, disturbing film posted by Jazz Inmate on March 02, 2010 at 16:09:09

...more inaccuracies.

I was living in a fraternity house in 1968-69 and a few of us used to send in the card to sign up from time to time under obviously fake names - all at the same address.

You would get your 12 or 13 LPs and then a bill which needed to be paid before the monthly shipments were sent. Every month the bill would come, then collection notices.

I'm not proud of doing that but I discovered some great music I never would have bought.

An attorney once told me Columbia takes those losses as a cost of doing business, since they were so profitable, and would never come after anyone who didn't pay.

Much less call. On a daily basis.

But thank you for your micro-analysis as a Jew.

Follow Ups:

RE: Columbia Record Club... - Jazz Inmate 21:01:24 03/03/10 (2)
I don't get your reply. You said my post was inaccurate. Then you shared that you ripped off the Columbia Record Club as a college kid in the '60s. What does that have to do with my post or ASM? Did I miss your point? Did you understand my point about why the Coens set up Larry to say he "didn't order, doesn't want and wouldn't listen to" Abraxas, meaning he rejects G-d. Because that certainly is an accurate interpretation, and was quickly followed by Larry succumbing to bribery, cancer diagnosis and a broader symbol of existential threat.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
- I read "inaccuracies" as in reference to... - mpathus 00:14:03 03/04/10 (1)
  ...the film's showing Columbia Records going after someone for not paying, based upon mkuller's personal recollection of the time.
  
  Looks like a worthwhile film about a time I still remember as a kid, with very interesting symbolism - according to your description.
  - ah...ok - Jazz Inmate 08:42:46 03/04/10 (0)
    Agreed that the whole premise of the record club calling was forced, but so much of the humor and subplots were forced and uncomfortable. The symbolism was also jarring, and more upsetting than interesting. Yes, everyone knows the Jews faced a destructive threat in 1967 and every other generation, but this personalized it and depicted it in multiple levels and creepy ways that really don't do anyone any favors.
    I almost fell asleep when I saw this snoozer in the theater--I practically had to hold my eyes open with my fingers. If I never see it again I will consider myself lucky.
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    We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
    
    Edits: 03/04/10 03/04/10

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