Around this time last year, I noticed that Love Actually, aka Notting Hill With Added Black People! was a trending topic on Twitter. I’d seen that it was showing on ITV1 that evening, so of course, I clicked the hashtag to see what people were saying about it. Somehow this innocuous little movie manages to divide people as if it [...]
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The Populist
Posted in Culture, Literature, London, Movies, Television
Also tagged Film, Love Actually, Popular, Richard Curtis, Sigh, Twitter
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