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“𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭.” “𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥?” “𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥?” “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯?” “𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦.” “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦.” “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.” “𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴…𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?” Mind you, these are an incredible set of lines to be delivered after a long trail of dog shit, literally followed by Greta Gerwig stealing the dachshund to cuddle and greet it with, “Howdy Doody!” Always love how stripped back Solondz’s films are, where performances come in off-kilter with gonzo charm. Ending is strange and wonderful, only to end in the usual black humor that makes Solondz 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘻. 🥮🥮🥮 If you enjoyed this write-up, please consider purchasing my novella here (https://nathansnook.bigcartel.com/). Or find other thoughts on books and films here (https://www.youtube.com/@nathansnook/videos).