>On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> The Hitler stuff comes from Arnie himself - how he admires the guy, etc.
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>To be fair to Arnie, that Hitler quote thing seems to have been a smear
>job. The original quote from the shelved book proposal seems to have run:
First of all, Arnie bought up the outtakes from the movie, so we'll never see what other delights fell to the cutting room floor. But the point isn't that he's a "Nazi" in any literal sense - it's his admiration of the Strong Leader and his contempt for democracy and the masses (most people, says Arnie, should be told what to do). It's authoritarian and very creepy.
Doug