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What Is Love And Death A Satire
Love and Death was absolutely hilarious, being the funniest movie of all the films we saw. The satire on Russian literature took a subject that was originally serious and dark and turned it on its head. A comedy which requires thought, Love and Death provides the viewers jokes with a level of philosophy. The leading characters Boris and Sonia played by Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are intelligent philosophers in their own right. If I can offer any criticism is that the comedy is dark but, also offensive to certain ethnic groups. In the movie Boris claims to have gotten "so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian." This quote is a joke that clearly places the film in black comedy but, the joke is offensive to Armenians.
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