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As a Gene Wilder fan I was once digging for things to watch on Amazon and stumbled on a documentary narrated by Gene Wilder. I wouldn't have even noticed it but
by greggman 10y ago
As a Gene Wilder fan I was once digging for things to watch on Amazon and stumbled on a documentary narrated by Gene Wilder. I wouldn't have even noticed it but when I saw his name He'd been out of the limelight for so long I thought "wow, what could have made him agree to do this?" So I watched it.
I can't recommend it enough. It's called "EXPO - Magic of the White City" and is as about the 1893 Chicago Exposition. It takes about 10 minutes to really get started and it's got some cheesy stuff but it was fascinating. I've shown it to several people and they all got sucked in.
Not sure if this is a legit upload but it's on YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cpOQE5KJJds https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cpOQE5KJJds Or Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Expo-Magic-White-Gene-Wilder/dp/B004S77VGW https://www.amazon.com/Expo-Magic-White-Gene-Wilder/dp/B004S...
If it weren't for Gene I'd never had known about such an amazing topic. Thanks Gene!
- citruspi 10y agoLast Spring I read Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. It's about the same 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. It's non-fiction, but written in a novelistic style. I absolutely loved it, I can't recommend it enough. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_the_White_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_the_White_City