Zulu

[Carl Remick]

>From: joanna bujes
>
>At 04:47 PM 02/06/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>I don't see how 'Zulu' is anti-war. Looks more to me like a hymn to the 
>>nobility of combat. It is partly memorable because the Zulu's are depicted 
>>as brave, honorable, and wise (albeit not quite wise enough).
>
>Well it's anti-war/critical of war in a lot of ways:
>
>1) The Zulus end the fight even though they could have clearly won through 
>a massacre.

How do you define massacre?  I remember the movie only dimly, but I believe 
only 55 British soldiers out of a force of 1300 survived their encounter 
with the Zulu at the battle of Isandlwana.

Carl

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