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Let's take a closer look at some beloved films that are WHOOPS now apparently too radical for today's khaki-wearing tyrants.
Erin P. Gold
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Denver
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View as a gridWhere's the Tylenol? Analyzing Clark Griswold's Meltdown Speech in 'National Lampoon's Christmas ...
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Griswold's unhinged yet somehow heroic yuletide meltdown soliloquy isn't just madness, but American Christmas distilled to its neon, glittering core.
'The Muppet Christmas Carol' is the Greatest Literary Adaptation Ever Made - Cinema Sugar
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As a former English teacher, I can confidently declare The Muppet Christmas Carol is not just the best holiday movie but the greatest damn book adaptation ever committed to celluloid. Here's why.
What Your Favorite Horror Comedy Says About Society - Cinema Sugar
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Here are 11 horror-comedy classics that are more than just laughs and blood splatter-and prove society itself is the punchline.
Paul Thomas Anderson movies, ranked by how much they make you cry in the shower - Cinema Sugar
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Friends, if you haven't cried in the shower after a PTA film, do you even like cinema?
Hear Me Out: 'High Fidelity' and 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' Are the Same Movie - Cinema Sugar
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Once upon a time in the year 2000, these two fantastic movies came out and accidentally explained 95% of the cis-het male population.
Elizabeth Stowe Higgs
Crossroads
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A write-up about one of my ancestors
6 Movie Franchises That Need to Stop - Cinema Sugar
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Despite the artistic intentions of filmmaking, some franchises just beat a dead story so relentlessly that it's an embarrassing cash grab for everyone involved.
7 Underrated Gems of Silent Cinema - Cinema Sugar
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There's an entire subset of excellent and epic silent movies just waiting to be seen. Here are seven that stand out.
I Love You A Latke: The Gelt-y Pleasure of Hanukkah Rom-Coms - Cinema Sugar
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Here are 6 cozy and/or cringey Hallmark Hanukkah movies to make your holiday couch time more festive.
How Did Christmas Movies Become "A Thing"? - Cinema Sugar
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Four reasons watching holiday movies every Christmastime became part of the American zeitgeist.
Everything You Need to Know about Alcoholism
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This insightful introduction to the disease of alcoholism offers readers a compelling look at how alcohol use disorder affects both those who abuse alcohol and their families.
Everything You Need to Know About Suicide and Self-Harm
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This accessible primer on adolescent mental health is as relevant as it is thoughtful.
Biographical Sketch of Susa Young Gates
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Biography of Susa Young Gates, a Mormon suffragist, for the State Suffragist Project
The Student Yearbooks of a Japanese-American Detention Camp
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As a historical tool, high-school yearbooks provide a great deal of insight into youth in all its awkwardness and heightened emotions. For the alumni of Topaz High School in Delta, Utah, those feelings are more than complicated.
The Washington Journey - Second Edition Direct Textbook
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Washington State history textbook for middle school
Remembering Rural Debate
Texas Speech Communication Journal
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A reflection on rural debate and the people who participated in the activity
Biographical Sketch of Adella W. Eardley
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Biography of Adella W. Eardley, early Utah suffragist
Texas Sheet Cake
Nourishing Death
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A reflection on the cultural significance of Texas sheet cake, a favorite funeral food.
'Eight Men Out' is An All Too Timeless Tale of Sliding Into Catastrophe - Cinema Sugar
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John Sayles' brilliant 1988 baseball film Eight Men Out absolutely aches with bad decisions that seem practical at the time.