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Banana Joe (1982)
★ 6.7 · 499 ratings on TMDB
Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters arrive with plans to construct a banana processing plant, Joe kicks them out, but the mob boss discovers that Joe is operating without a license. After the mob tips off the authorities and Joe's boat is impounded, he ventures into a big city for the first time to seek help.
DirectorSteno
The emergence reading
Banana Joe keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceIT
Same rung, same subject
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Same subject, different rung
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