71. "Biloxi Blues" (1988)

World War II Movie Night goes back to the comedy well with Neil
Simon's "Biloxi Blues" a 1988 movie based on his play of the same
name. Matthew Broderick is Jerome, a young Jewish man from
Brooklyn who couldn't be more out of his element at boot camp in
Mississippi. Will he fulfill his wish to lose his virginity? Will
he ever shake the scrutiny of the sadistic drill sergeant
(Christopher Walken)? We won't learn much about the war tonight,
but we will try to have some fun, so sit back and enjoy... Asides
include the concept of age-appropriateness in the 80s, Vietnam
movies, the novels of Dostoevsky, and Ferris Bueller's treatment
of minorities. 


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