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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-11-22 (Friday)
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 09:30:46 -0800
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On 11/23/24 9:24 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

> I watched:
> 
> Tommy (TCM) 1975 musical directed by Ken Russell based on The Who's 
> concept album.  I know I saw this movie on TV once before a long time 
> ago, but I'm not sure if I actually watched it all the way through from 
> beginning to end.  I do remember except for "Pinball Wizard," not liking 
> it.  Anyway, I really wanted to give the movie a second chance.  And as 
> it turns out, I actually kind of liked this time.  I think the better 
> presentation helped a lot.  This is not a movie meant to be watched full 
> frame on a tiny TV screen.  But one plot point I was shocked by was the 
> character Tommy, was not actually deaf and blind.  The song "Pinball 
> Wizard" has been lying to me all these years!  I thought the character 
> was born blind or had an accident or something and it turns out he just 
> decided one day he wasn't going to see, hear or talk anymore until 
> another day when he decided he would again.  

Yeah, that's not it!  :p

> I kept thinking couldn't 
> any half competent doctor tell he was faking, then Jack Nicholson pops 
> up playing a doctor who says all the tests show he can clearly see and 
> hear.  It took to or more years to figure that out?!?  I'm also not 
> entirely convinced Tina Turner's character was just a drug dealer. Sure, 
> that's what the lyrics claim, but if you watch what's happening on 
> screen, she was selling more than just drugs!
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBN7nG8RDlw


Ian  (Who's been listening to the "Tommy" album since I was a kid!)