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Melanie and Ed love watching old movies and dishing on them; their audio engineer let the holidays, day job, COVID, and aliens delay posting this episode. This week's movie is SHAFT (1971), starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, and Lawrence Pressman. Mel and Ed make book recommendations with similar themes. Send podcast comments and suggestions to Melanded@whothehellarewe.com Don't forget to subscribe to the show!
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