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The Gong Show

Anthony Spaeth
Aug 23, 2006
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The average reviewer pours scorn on remakes of old movies or television shows, crying creative bankruptcy. Not me. It’s hard to deny that recycling of characters and plot is wanting in inspiration. But that’s not a large crime in the entertainment world.

I admit to a déclassé taste for recycled entertainments. I like the ones that parody the original pro…

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