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| | Plumbing the Depths of "Groundhog Day" |
 | | Phil's situation in Groundhog Day is, in fact, that of an individual who is compelled, for an extensive length of time, to examine his own effect on other people, and to even conduct experiments of a kind. |
 | | Not a few movies and novels have portrayed an individual who goes through a crisis of some kind, survives it, and is thereby forced to reflect on his own life, on his past and his future, and to change as a result. |
 | | The core of Groundhog Day is the process by which Phil is "enlightened" and becomes a Good Man, in a kind of secular, 20th century version of the Buddhist cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. |
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