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132: A Butt Man (Amarcord / Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

Season 4, Ep. 34
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We do a bit of noticing of the blend of tragedy and comedy (or lack of it) in Amarcord directed by Frederico Fellini and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Mike Nochols.

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