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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-11 05:24 PM
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DVR ALERT: "Norma Rae" on AMC - Mon 9am EDT - video review
ReThinking Norma Rae: A Union Icon Falls Fighting the Healthcare Industry
Jonathan KimPolitics/Movie Geek, ReThink Reviews
Posted: September 16, 2009 02:01 PM

Crystal Lee Sutton, whose struggle to unionize a North Carolina textile mill became the inspiration for the 1979 film Norma Rae, died last Friday at the age of 68 after a long battle with brain cancer. Sally Field won the Oscar for best actress for her performance portraying a thinly-veiled version of Sutton. Watch my ReThink Review of Norma Rae here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJZx4S6NT0&feature=player_embedded

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim/rethinking-emnorma-raeem_b_287552.html
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-11 05:29 PM
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1. Spoiler Alert
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-11 05:40 PM
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2. The end scene also has the head touch from
"The Last Castle" with Live, not Death.

Norma Rae Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RiKfSvPNWw
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-11 10:44 PM
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 12:25 PM
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4. kick for the Sunday crowd
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 08:42 PM
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5. kick for the evening shift
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