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loud-fans-digest        Sunday, August 22 2010        Volume 09 : Number 154



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  [loud-fans] Wonderful World                        [truepantone293@aol.com]

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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:47:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: truepantone293@aol.com
Subject: [loud-fans] Wonderful World

 Did this get a mention here?  I was reading the Arlington Cemetery-like rows
of new releases' boxes and decided on this Matthew Broderick film, "Wonderful
World."  The box reads:

Ben Singer (Matthew Broderick) is a failed children's folk singer, a career
proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most
negative man alive.  Floundering in all aspects of his life, Ben's only
comfort comes from regular chess games and friendly debates on game theory
with his Senegalese roomate Ibou (Michael Kenneth Williams).  When Ibou is
suddenly struck ill.  Ben's pessimistic worldview seems uniquivocally
confirmed.  It takes an extended visit from Ibou's sister Khadi (Sanaa Lathan)
for Ben to realize that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.

Would this qualify as a "chick flick"?  I've been told that I tend to rent
those.

- --Mark

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