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Raymond Waters <[log in to unmask]>
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Raymond Waters <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Apr 1994 10:17:17 -0700
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Re B Lorenz' post on the "beauty and the beast" theme: here's a plug for
a severely underrated film, Franc Roddam's THE  BRIDE, a version of
FRANKENSTEIN from the point of view that the real monster is the doctor
himself. The beastly people-- the reanimated being and the freak show
with which he travels-- are "beautiful" in spirit. I really thought the
film made a statement about cultural tendencies to create scapegoats and
ascribe evil to them. Give it a look...

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