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Guy Rosefelt <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 25 Jul 1994 09:59:27 U
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Mail*Link(r) SMTP               RE>>True Lies=Entertainment!
>>Finally, a small moment that made a big impact
>>on me: Charlton Heston's first line was to dismiss an African-American
woman
>>from their high level meeting "That will be all Francis" or some such.
What
>>was the point? She existed in the film only to be dismissed. We don't
know if
>>she was a secretary or an accountant or an assassin and there was no point
in
>>her having any screen time at all except to dismiss her.
 
As in life, when you go to a meeting someplace, and someone who works there
walks
in for a moment and leaves, you don't know who they are or what they do. Do
you
get hung up when they leave?
 
Guy

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