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In Defense of 'Soul Man'

An ‘80s comedy that never got the chance it deserved.

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Matt Margolis
Feb 13, 2023
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One of my pet peeves is coming across an article from some pop culture rag talking about movies from the past. How many times have you heard how a film from decades past “couldn’t be made today” or why they’re now “problematic” for perpetually-offended Gen-Zers and other virtue-signaling older woke crowd?

One movie that regularly ends up on the radar o…

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