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DrRexMorman t1_j5auzs1 wrote

That thing you do’s director’s cut is a great example of how cutting exposition improves characterization. It adds like 40 minutes of “telling” that takes the original film from like an 8/10 to like a 5/10.

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Slashs_Hat t1_j5dfmhp wrote

IIRC there is a scene at the LA hotel where Tom Hanks gets in a car with Howie Long and it read to me that Hanks character was gay, which is a vibe i never got in the theatrical version

EDIT: The clip

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