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The Weird Existential Genius of ‘Wilfred’

Dog Problems

It’s the existential tragicomedy of Elijah Wood and the pot-smoking, hard-drinking, Matt Damon-loving dog (played by a man in an unconvincing dog suit) who lives next door.

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I’d love to trade places With a dog for a day To know what he thinks And what he feels Does he think about life? Does he think about God? Or just about his next meal, like us? –Dan Bern, “Rolling Away”

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