Self-Styled Siren

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Hostel Part II: "You Think I'm Hostile Now ..."

Hostel Part II: "You Think I'm Hostile Now ..."

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Jun 11, 2007
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Many critics have a terror of going down in history like Bosley Crowther, as the relic who looked at a seminal moment in movie history (in Crowther's case, Bonnie and Clyde) and reached for the smelling salts. The Siren has no such anxiety. She wears her fuddy-duddiness with pride. Describe her taste as 1950s and she will be flattered. Call her Depress…

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