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Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
★ 5.5 · 565 ratings on TMDB
A story of two ladies going south.
Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
DirectorEthan Coen
The emergence reading
Drive-Away Dolls keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing crime, sexuality, politics, media, lgbt.
zero-distanceUScrimesexualitypoliticsmedialgbt
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