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* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the film, with [[KillItWithFire Aunt Beverly's compound burning down]] with Harry and his family inside of it while the FBI surrounds them, looks unnervingly similar to what happened at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege the Waco Siege]] twelve years later.

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The ending of the film, with [[KillItWithFire Aunt Beverly's compound burning down]] with Harry and his family inside of it while the FBI surrounds them, looks unnervingly similar to what happened at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege the Waco Siege]] twelve years later.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the film, with [[KillItWithFire Aunt Beverly's compound burning down]] with Harry and his family inside of it while the FBI surrounds them, looks unnervingly similar to what happened at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege the Waco Siege]] twelve years later.
** Also, the idea of the IRS targeting people for their political beliefs was considered [[IntimidatingRevenueService a cartoonish exaggeration of their power]] at the time. However, after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy the 2013 targeting controversy]] and the resulting fallout, many might take pause at this element of the story. [[note]] It should be noted that 2013 was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_allegations_of_misuse_of_the_Internal_Revenue_Service far from the first time]] the IRS has been accused of political profiling. [[/note]]

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