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December 24, 2005

Nick and Nora

Can't stress enough how smart, funny, and essential is The Thin Man. William Powell slides through it like the coolest motherfucker on earth, which he just might be; Myrna Loy is hot no matter what century it is; and their snappy rapport is timeless. Anyone with a brain, a libido, and what the old-timers call "a long thirst" has dreams of a love like that.

And it's a Christmas movie, sorta, although Jimmy Stewart never shot balloons off his Christmas tree with a BB gun and a hangover.

This and the recordings of the Nat Cole Trio are the best evidence I know to show anyone who thinks "hip" started with BeBop, the Beat Generation or, God forbid, the Summer of Love. Nick and Nora Charles get the joke better than anyone.

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