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Feb 19, 2023Liked by Timothy Noah

I couldn't get past the horror.

Ate at Willows Inn a few years ago. Cured me of aspirational dining.

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Hm, so is it worth a watch? Reads like it fails as both a horror and comedy...

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Feb 20, 2023Liked by Timothy Noah

It is the best movie I've seen in the past year - but yes it isn't cleanly a comedy or horror movie. There is an expanded genre of "absurd macabre satire" where this fits perfectly. The Lobster is probably the most recent example I can think of, or the work of Charlie Kaufman,

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I'm fine with "black comedy"

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