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[log in to unmask] Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:11:33 -0400
From: "Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Alasdair
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On Aug 4, 2004, at 7:41 AM, paul courtney wrote:
>> But many people in Europe (whose families suffered
>> and lost relatives) do find it offensive that Hollywood
is increasingly
>> rewriting it as if American won WWII on its own- grateful
as most
>> sensible
>> Europeans including myself still are for US help.
>I agree also. It appears that from the info that comes out
around the
>edges is that Hollywood thinks that unless there's a big
name and a
>largely American focus, it will not sell. Very blinkered
thinking. But,
>the real irony is that the producers, and moguls in the
studios who
>make the decisions were/are 2nd and 3rd generation
Euro-Americans who
>forced themselves to assimilate, adopt Americanized names,
adopt those
>hokey 1930's British/American accents for the stars, etc.
to fit in.
>Yes, it has become just a tad in-grown.
>
Which reminds me....
Does anyone know if there's any truth to the rumour that
Hollywood is about to show the United States - in the person
of Tom Cruise - defeating the Luftwaffe during the Battle of
Britain?
Before the USA had even entered the war...
Alasdair
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