Missed that.  If I seee the film again, I'll make a point of looking for
her.  I'm not up on maritime history, so thanks for the info.
Pam Asbury-Smith
SRI, Tucson


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From: "Charles Adkins" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: master and commander


> Excuse me folks.  But you had better look again.  The gunners wife was
> shown in one scene.  She was the traditional care giver to the squeekers.
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> Saw it, also recommend it.  I'm pretty much an egalitarian, but never gave
> it a thought about there being all men.  That was then, this is now.  Most
> of all, it was a refreshing change from the gratuitous violence, sex and
> foul language that populates the modern movie.  There was enough violence
> in it to satisfy most bloodthirsty people, but it was more what I imagine
> it would be like in 1805.
> Pam Asbury-Smith
> SRI, Tucson
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>  Seen it- and recommend it as a historical film though probably not if you
>  are a radical feminist as its all boys (literally) and men killing each
>  other for king and country or the emperor. A bit early for this group but
>  just saw the Discovery channel docu-drama on the Colliseum -really good
>  stuff though last week I saw Carl Dreyer's silent Jean D'Arc- magnifique
>  or whatever the Danish equivalent is.
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>  paul courtney
>  Leicester
>  UK
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