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Why was everyone so disgruntled?


I understand that they were dissatisfied in their marriage and farm life is boring, but she was so melancholy all the time. And hard on her husband. What would it hurt her to engage with him and offer a kind word? Ugh!

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For the past decade or so, every non-fantasy, reality-based historical movie has been drab and depressing. The past must always be presented in a miserable light now so as to make our present dystopia seem preferable by comparison. Hollywood is pushing the Woke myth that the past was oppressive, dull, and terrible and everyone who lived then was miserable. This, as a Woke lesbian frontier romance is a prime example.

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You're a bit odd.

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You're a bit naive.

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Interesting take. I can bring several to mind now that you mention it.

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I was thinking the same thing while watching this movie

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