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What do you mean there's no Santa Claus?

posted 10 years ago by beersandshots
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Wow. Watching EGR in this role was like that day so many years ago that I found out that there's no Santa Claus. Talk about shattered illusions- the quintessential tough guy, Edward G. Robinson, as a browbeaten house-mouse of a husband who plays the sap to some floozy, and ends up a broken man. Wow.

At least I can take comfort in the knowledge that the Easter bunny will be here in a few months.

"In a time of universal deceit,
telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
George Orwell

[–] ferdmertz 10 years ago

I concur. Talk about bleak.

... but what a performance.

[–] maxman-5 9 years ago

Try 'The Red House'.

[–] PussyCrusher_Principal 9 years ago

He was broken long before he met Kitty, though. I'd almost say he's better off wandering around nuts than living with Adele.