A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965): This was downright subversive and is doubly subversive today. First off, Charles Schultz refused to use a laugh track and employed child actors. However, what made A Charlie Brown Christmas so subversive in 1965 was its anti-commercial message. Fifty years later, its Christian themes have only increased the specials subversive nature.
Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Spanish Inquisition (1970): Seemingly unrelated sketches are tied together by Spanish inquisitors appearing out of the blue.
John Adams (2008): Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney star in an adaptation of David McCullough's masterful biography of the second president.
Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Spanish Inquisition (1970): Seemingly unrelated sketches are tied together by Spanish inquisitors appearing out of the blue.
John Adams (2008): Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney star in an adaptation of David McCullough's masterful biography of the second president.
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