"This says it's from a Lucy, Lucy Nicholls -" "THAT'S MY SISTER! OH GOD, THAT'S MY LITTLE SISTER!" "Sophie, dammit, shut up, this ain't your -" "SHE'S ALIVE? YOU SAW HER?" "I... I didn't receive this letter personally, ma'am, it was given to me at a post office"
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"But - I apologize for reading your mail, ma'am, but I've been prevented from making my rounds as you can see, but this letter is dated six months ago, it says she's doing well, married now, she had a baby two years back -" "LET ME SEE! LET ME SEE IT"
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And the whole crowd suddenly erupts into a riot and overcomes the thugs and comes clamoring for news of the outside, and they overthrow their local warlord that very night
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It's silly to make a direct comparison between that situation and our world, but having the right to be in communication with other people is actually a pretty damn important constitutional right and now the right wingers are openly saying it isn't one
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"Why shouldn't you have to pay ten bucks to send a letter if you choose to live in a tiny rural town Besides we have the Internet now (which is correspondingly also far more expensive in rural areas) Fuck you for not living in New York"
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I just looked up this scene from the movie on YouTube and they made it a lot less hostile between the Postman and the town leaders but it's still pretty good tbhhttps://youtu.be/7bvgrgD6aUE
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Okay it actually just hit me that The Postman would be a lot more honest to its themes (American ideals vs American reality) and make a lot more sense (why do people have such irrationally polarized feelings about this guy) if The Postman were Black https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1249382181719375878?s=19 …
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You could make him an expy of Obama even Giving this speech about "in accordance with the mandates of the Old Constitution, I have been given authority under the Restored Congress of the United States" to these skeptical bearded Oregon rednecks
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Replying to @arthur_affect
still waiting for sequel focusing on Ford Lincoln Mercury
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Ha ha okay I haven't actually seen the movie but I looked it up and they took the "young man born After the End whose heart catches fire from the Postman's speeches" character from the book, gave him a much bigger role and made him a Black guy Wow I need to let that sink in
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Jfc the whole thing where Costner is internally torn up because he's inspired this kid to offer to get shot and die on behalf of a government he knows he just made up and doesn't really exist THAT'S on the nose
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Oh man He CREATES the postal service and the post offices and carrier routes and everything while Costner is in hiding for his life because "when the federal government arrives from DC to bring our country back we need to be ready to do anything we can" My heart
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I haven't seen the movie in years but it really should've done better than it did imo
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