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Great Opening!!! Really!!!

I found myself irritated by the fawning coverage of the Smile 2 opening that, simply, about matched the release of the original film. The most popular rationalization was that Smile 2 was cheap, so it’s a winner any way you cut it.

Yeah. That’s true. But it really avoids the reality of what this opening means.

My first red flas…

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