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* For the longest time, I never understood "Thumb Cinema" by [[The World Inferno Friendship Society|The World/Inferno Friendship Society]]. I got that it was a rant about consumerism, materialism and excess, but it didn't seem to fit with the rest of the songs on "Addicted to Bad Ideas", which is about [[Peter Lorre]]'s life and generally narrated from his point of view. Suddenly, a year and a half later, it occuredoccurred to me that since the album was heavily based on a recent biography which elaborates more on Lorre's friendship with [[Bertholt Brecht]], the song might be from Brecht's point of view instead. After three songs where Lorre rants about his career decline while deciding to just give in, Brecht criticizes the excesses of Hollywood and how they've damaged Lorre, and begs him to return to postwar Germany with him: "You're not happy, well, no one gives a shit/ This is a game and you're part of it/ Maybe it's time for you to quit." It would fit the album's timeline as well with the next song, "Addicted to Bad Ideas", being about Lorre's growing addiction and despair after returning to Hollywood when his German comeback film flops.