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9. IIRC, Hitchcock came up with the term

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 03:57 PM

Sep 21

He talked about it in the famous Truffaut interviews. A valuable principle to understand in storytelling, along with "always describe the weather."

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Yes! My daughter got her passport today in the mail. Whew! [View all] underpants Sep 21 OP

I submitted my on-line renewal yesterday. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 21 #3

My daughter and son-in-law are working on getting their passports. generalbetrayus Sep 21 #4

I had mine renewed in May of this year nuxvomica Sep 21 #5

Nice McGuffin reference underpants Sep 21 #7

IIRC, Hitchcock came up with the term nuxvomica Sep 21 #9