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Old 03-28-2020, 01:43 PM   #1643
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Essentially you just follow the two of them around and then the ultraviolent final scene happens. The tense scenes lead nowhere, the funny parts are self-contained, and there is absolutely zero narrative build-up or progression. Like I say, just a glimpse into an alternative 1969 Hollywood, which to me doesn't carry a 161 minute film.

In terms of traditional beginning-middle-end storytelling, it is all middle.
The hyperbolic comedic release of tension is the point though.
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