Michael Dawson wrote:
>Something certainly snapped somewhere. "Salvador" and "Wall Street" were as
>well-made, radical, and perfectly timed as you could get. And now, in the
>middle of this illegal war, he makes a movie that fawns on a blonde emperor
>(who knew AtG was a German?) and demonizes swarthy Near Easterners?
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That's a bit strong. Alexander was a blondie by Mediterranean standards,
and the Persians are hardly demonized. The prattle about bringing
"freedom" to the Persians stays at the level of prattle. Clearly this is
"preemptive," glory-chasing warmaking all the way, not to mention a
total box office flop.
Joanna
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