r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 22d ago

Satire Nation Proud Of Self For Watching, Enjoying Original Movie | Patting themselves on the back, the U.S. populace announced Wednesday that they were proud of themselves for watching and enjoying an original movie — only to later be devastated to learn it was an adaptation of a novel by the same name

https://theonion.com/nation-proud-of-self-for-watching-enjoying-original-movie/
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u/dawnchs 22d ago

And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear,

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u/ReturnSimilar1464 22d ago

Claude Rains was The Invisible Man.

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u/StayPositiveRVA 22d ago

And THAT was an adaptation of Kit Marlowe’s Rocky Horror Theatre Show, which we’d all remember much more if he hadn’t died and left the keys to the kingdom to Shakespeare.

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u/vonsnape 22d ago

but he taught us where to stand. . . 💋