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I Guess You Had To Be There...


I am a huge Burt fan and I am also a Gen Xer. My YOB is 1967. I have never quite understood this movie. I guess it's a generation gap and you had to have "been there" to get this one.

Comments aren't just welcomed but also appreciated.

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No, it's a really bad movie that has some zealot fans, which I do not comprehend.

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1970's were a weird time. The boomers got a little older and there was a good deal of people searching for meaning. Many turned their back on religion, but needed purpose.

A lot of new faddish systems of beliefs took hold.

This is the only movie that I can think of that really took a comic view of that fad and made it so central part of the story.

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