{"id":21092,"date":"2011-06-17T15:01:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T14:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=21092"},"modified":"2022-06-28T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:35:24","slug":"fast-five-director-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/fast-five-director-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Five Director Speaks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21093\" title=\"Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200-278x208.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200-526x394.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200-592x444.jpg 592w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fast-Furious-the-fast-and-the-furious-movies-5012351-1600-1200-572x429.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Recently having had the experience of sitting through the latest edition of the Fast &amp; Furious franchise with a roomful of children between the ages of five and nine, I was intrigued as to why this high-revving explosion-fest appealed to them.<\/p>\n<p>It couldn&#8217;t be, could it, the curves and tatts of the sexy lead femme? Surely it couldn&#8217;t be Vin Diesel&#8217;s gym-queen posturing. The throbbing hemis seem archaic even to an eight year old.<\/p>\n<p>But the Onion recently came up with this revelation. 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