I thought it was interesting that the film has come to represent all these things about America, yet two of the leads are played by Australians, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.

I thought it was interesting that the film has come to represent all these things about America, yet two of the leads are played by Australians, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.
Wednesday, 17-Jan-01 09:26:51

203.12.234.7 writes:

As for the defence of The Patriot's anti-British views, claiming they are 'based on fact', doesn't really have any credence. In any case, only including noble Americans and villainous Englishmen, while ignoring villainous Americans and noble Englishmen, is indeed a distortion of the truth.

In any case, Hollywood's unfounded hostility towards the English is not represented only in The Patriot, but also in films like The Titanic, Escape From Colditz, U-471 (or whatever the numbers were), where British people were either made villains or had their achievements removed from the record.

Tom

Oh,Say Can YOU See? (joe 6pk) (16-Jan-01 10:23:16)

Leftists Hate and Fear 'The Patriot'

Richard Poe

(16-Jan-01 11:00:03)

I thought it was interesting that the film has come to represent all these things about America, yet two of the leads are played by Australians, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.

Tom

(17-Jan-01 09:26:51)

Mel was born AMerican

pokerkid

(17-Jan-01 17:59:15)

Re: Mel was born AMerican

Tom

(20-Jan-01 07:36:11)

Presidential pardon for Clinton?

Jane Chastain

(16-Jan-01 12:29:47)

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