The Parking Lot Movie: "I Bought the Car"
Clip: Season 12 Episode 1 | 1m 55s
"I bought the car ... surely, it comes with a parking space."
Delve into the rarefied world of one small parking lot in a college town, and the asphalt philosophers who work as attendants there scrutinizing cars and license plates, capitalism, anger, justice, drunkenness, spiritual awakenings, class struggle, entitlement, and the plight of the service sector worker.
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The Parking Lot Movie: "I Bought the Car"
Clip: Season 12 Episode 1 | 1m 55s
Delve into the rarefied world of one small parking lot in a college town, and the asphalt philosophers who work as attendants there scrutinizing cars and license plates, capitalism, anger, justice, drunkenness, spiritual awakenings, class struggle, entitlement, and the plight of the service sector worker.
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