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Sep 24, 2023Liked by Amanda Kusek

I just received a ten-minute dissertation on "drifting" from your step-dad, including types of rear-wheel drive cars often used and the special hand brake. Thanks a lot....

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Hahahaha, sorry not sorry.

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Sep 22, 2023Liked by Amanda Kusek

I loved this, obviously. I totally forgot that we went to Coney Island after watching a matinee! We were young, wild, and free. Lovely piece! I fully believe that if this movie was made now, with the huge growth of popularity of Anime, K-Pop, and a ton of other genres/forms from Asia we’re seeing now, that this would’ve been a financial success. I also like this one, Becuase like with the first one when we all learned about Nitrous Oxide or whatever that is, we learned about drifting, which is HUGE in Mario kart now.

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I totally agree with you that I think this would be super successful today given cultural shifts and also just the overall power of the franchise. I also love the car lessons we get in the early movies, which I think was part of the original point of these to bring car culture to the mainstream. The later movies are about... what are they about?

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Sep 22, 2023Liked by Amanda Kusek

They're about FAMILY.

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Oh right. (😆)

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