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Audrey Rouget: One thing I like about him is he doesn't say all the expected things. He doesn't just agree with everything everyone else is saying.
Jane Clark: That's true. He disagrees with everything everyone else says.
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Charlie Black: The term 'bourgeois' has almost always been - been one of contempt. Yet it is precisely the - the bourgeoisie which is responsible for - well, for nearly everything good that has happened in our civilization over the past four centuries. You know the French film, "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie"? When I first heard that title I thought, "Finally, someone's gonna tell the truth about the bourgeoisie." What a disappointment. It would be hard to imagine a less fair or accurate portrait.
Sally Fowler: Well, of course. Buñuel's a surrealist. Despising the bourgeoisie is part of their credo.
Nick Smith: Where do they get off?
Charlie Black: But the truth is, the bourgeoisie does have a lot of charm.
Nick Smith: Of course it does. The surrealists were just a lot of social climbers.
Carolyn Farina
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