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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:00 AM

Mike Leigh's "Happy" days

The celebrated director talks about his buoyant, bighearted new picture, "Happy-Go-Lucky." (Toronto Film Festival)
By Stephanie Zacharek

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  • Thursday, September 11, 2008 01:35 PM

    A great dark comedy idea

    Throw Poppy in the middle of Darfur, and have her try to find the source of the ganjaweed horde's pain and foul mood as they take turns gang-raping 8-year olds.

    You are in the Jungle, Poppy; the pristine, beatific, 1% richest people in the world part of it...but you're in the jungle nonetheless. Your immunity to the true nature of the world manifests itself as ignorant bliss...good for you, eh?

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