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The Siren's Compleat Anatomy of Cinematic Badness

The Siren's Compleat Anatomy of Cinematic Badness

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Jul 21, 2005
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Ignatius J. Reilly, self-styled genius of A Confederacy of Dunces, goes to the movies regularly. He does this not from love of the art, but because he wants to be appalled by them. The Siren's favorite scene (and she loves all of John Kennedy Toole's novel) comes when Ignatius settles near the front of the local movie house and notes during the credits …

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