Napoleon Dynamite: Friendship, True Selves and Mirrors

Update: 2021-06-03

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Ellie was forced to watch Napoleon Dynamite this week, but ended up really digging what there is to learn from it about friendship, differentiation of self and how longing for the past can make a mess of your present. Avrum feels vindicated.

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