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Jun 2024
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ADHDM BONUS | Episode 2: Never Mind the ...

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In this bonus episode, we look at Todd Phillip's first film effort, Hated (1993), a documentary about the late great musician, GG Allin and discuss why it is a vastly superior portrait of a (clown) prince of anarchy than his middling Joker (2019).

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