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>>if "the shining" did not have stephen king's or stanley
>>kubrick's name attached, then everyone would agree it's
>>garbage.
>>
>I heartily agree with this.

i cosign here

>>if "scarface" had not been adopted by rappers as some sort
>>of mascot, then it would have faded into oblivion and
>>disinterested future generations of audiences.
>>
>I'm not sure about that. It definitely wouldn't be as
>celebrated, but it wouldn't have faded away completely.

i think it would have disappeared, occasionally being resusciated by film buffs to embarrass Al Pacino with his scenery-chewing performance