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I just thought you should know that today, Jan 21st, the day after Trump's 2nd Inauguration, Turner Classic Movies did a whole 12-hour daytime bloc on anti-Nazi/anti-fascist films.

The Black Legion (1937)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

The Mortal Storm (1939)

The Great Dictator (1941)

The Seventh Cross (1944)

The Edge of Darkness (1943)

Background to Danger (1943)

And I'd just like someone else to notice because I think these little acts of demonstrating memory and value are important. TCM didn't choose wars films in which Americans are heroically fighting and winning; they chose films ABOUT fascism & autocracy--its destructiveness, its immorality, its stupidity & conformity--and the difficulty and danger individuals face when trying to resist or confront it.

I noticed TCM was posting The Great Dictator clips on their instagram, but didn't realize their whole schedule was like this. Good on them. It's brave to call a spade a spade when the spade is absolutely desperate to be labeled a sword.

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The Wizard of Oz (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

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WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) dir. Mel Stuart

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GENE WILDER as WILLY WONKA in WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)

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now more than ever, it is imperative that you spend time with people you love and doing things that you love. be prepared but please please please don't dwell on things that have yet to happen. you have to have hope for a better future in order to build one. it's gonna be okay. we're gonna make it. i love you.

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DELETED SCENE — THE DELEGATION OF 2,000 from STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005), dir. George Lucas

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The Crow(1994) director: Alex Proyas

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ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988) dir. James Signorelli

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Carrie 1976, dir. Brian De Palma

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The Thing (1982)

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Just cried. “So this is how democracy dies… with thunderous applause” has never been so strongly felt

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The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

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Ppl love to say “we are living in Orwell’s 1984!!!” about everything but the shift from Trump starting the idea of a tiktok ban to “Trump is saving tiktok!” is theeee most egregious example of doublethink I’ve ever seen in real life like it’s embarrassing lmao

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THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), dir. Victor Fleming