Salon on Doug Henwood

[Peter Kilander]

>Well, I went to Cambridge, so it's less national chauvinism than the
natural
>contempt of us Cantabridgeans for the other place, where Hitchens went. In
any
>case, I'ver earned my Anglophobia. But in actual fact, if there is a sneer
in
>my comment, its directed at Americans who fall for Brit accents. Cheerio.
>
>--jks

Point taken. In the "middle-America" milieu in which I move, far from the
Cultural Elite, Brits are constantly denograted as being snobs or worse:
European. People see films like The Devil's Own, In The Name of the Father,
Braveheart, Trainspotting and Austin Powers. There is a residual enchantment
with Princes and Princesses but no awareness of Britain's leftist tradition.
I'm not British by the way, just Chicagoan. I have to admit I liked the TV
show Absolutely Fabulous.

best wishes,
Peter Kilander