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86. I saw The Right Stuff with my Mother, Sister, Niece and Nephew.

Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:18 PM

Jun 2017

The movie came out when John Glenn was running for President and so the media was treating it like this serious film. My Mother and I had both read the book and we knew that it is really not a serious story. It really poked fun at the way the Americans reacted to the space program and treated the astronauts like rock stars. My Mother and I snickered with laughter throughout the film because it was really funny. When the went back and forth between the monkeys and humans training it was funny. The attitude and behavior of the astronauts was funny. The portrayal of LBJ trying to throw his weight around. The movie was pretty over the top.

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I saw The Right Stuff with my Mother, Sister, Niece and Nephew. avebury Jun 2017 #86

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