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>>>Do you walk out of Paprika saying "Nah, I'd rather watch Azumanga
>>>Daioh"?

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>>...HELL, YES!!! >: 0

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> The point I'm making is that AD aims far lower on the scale of
> narrative ambition that Paprika. I don't walk out of, say, Akira
> Kurosawa's Ran and say "I'd rather watch Mulan". By the same token, I
> wouldn't demand that Japanese art film newbies stick with lighter,
> less challenging Japanese TV shows, because they didn't like Paprika.