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Barcelona: Innocents abroad

Barcelona: Innocents abroad

"They're against OTAN? What are they for? Soviet troops racing across Europe, eating all the croissants?"

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Mar 12, 2024
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MARTA: You seem very intelligent for an American.

FRED: Well, I’m not.

All you need to know about Fred Boynton is that he is the kind of guy who will try to edit graffiti with a Sharpie. He also likes to tell women that his cousin wears leather undergarments. And he believes in whole “shining city on the hill” thing about America.

Fred, as played by Chris …

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