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No political comment here. Clip from George M. Cohan's first and only movie, and Jimmy Durante's first film. It's about a charismatic medicine show man who runs for president. I just think the tunes are catchy, and the presidential hoopla put me in mind of it, and also in mind of that Busby Berkley movie with the dance number that ends with a salute to FDR.
This is a day of rare widespread public optimism. Revel in it, I say. Sure, optimism doesn't always pan out. But that's not the reason for being optimistic in the first place.
No political comment here. Clip from George M. Cohan's first and only movie, and Jimmy Durante's first film. It's about a charismatic medicine show man who runs for president. I just think the tunes are catchy, and the presidential hoopla put me in mind of it, and also in mind of that Busby Berkley movie with the dance number that ends with a salute to FDR.
This is a day of rare widespread public optimism. Revel in it, I say. Sure, optimism doesn't always pan out. But that's not the reason for being optimistic in the first place.
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Date: 2009-01-21 02:57 pm (UTC)Ah well. We're all waiting for Justin Trudeau to come and take over where his dad left off.