Ventriloquism is awkward, creepy, and not entertaining.

disagree.
1. ventriloquism is clever, and entertaining, that's why they do it, and that's why audiences love it.
2. This film is great.
3. There's no accounting for taste. Whatever the film some will love it, others not. Even imdb's most popular (Shawshank) gets tens of thousands of "1" rating it. Not me, I haven't, and won't, see it. I'd rather be entertained by... Dummy, and others.

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...it's a whole lot harder to shine.... than undermine.