Wow.

[lamardeuse]

So because it's only 48 fricking degrees outside and I am thus trying to delay my yard work for as long as possible, I stumbled upon a 1948 movie on TCM called Big City, and within minutes I was boggling. On the surface, it's one of those fabulous postwar idealist movies where Americans from all faiths and cultures (all white, usually) come

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[pyrexic]

Damn, apparently the ONLY time TCM is playing that was at 7:15 EST this morning (wtf, TCM).

I love those old movies where you're like "I'm not sure whether this is tongue-in-cheek wink-wink, or whether they just really were that naive."

[imaginarycircus]

I would watch the heck out of that.

[grey_bard]

God damn! I need to keep an eye out for that movie. Oh, old movies, I heart you so.

[lamardeuse]

It's also cool the way they're presented as an alternate family. They're introduced as her fathers, and her last name is their three names.