Did people of English ancestry get riled up after 'Braveheart'? After all, Mel Gibson's retelling was hardly historically accurate, and portrayed the English as both mean and incompetent. The English looked even worse when they lost their grip on France to a little girl in 'Joan of Arc', but still no complaint. Was there a public outcry from Egypt after Charlton Heston delivered his people from slavery in 'Ten Commandments'? Or how about the Italian reaction to 'Spartacus', where a Thracian-born slave brings the Roman Empire to its knees?
Apparently these other cultures that have been maligned by ancient history have managed not to take it personally. Are Iranians just really thin-skinned?
2007-03-27
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