Re: U.S. Government Censors WWII Veterans Documentary

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From: Vic Smith
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:18

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On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:33:19 GMT, hchickpea@hotmail.com wrote:

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>The curse words are part of the director's personal mental image of a
>proper presentation.  To him, it is an important "slide" in his show
>that adds color.  To others, it may or may not.  In any event, I
>seriously doubt that his documentary will come anywhere close to
>matching Frank Capra's admittedly biased "Why We Fight," which FWIW,
>was shot on location during the war and shown without resorting to
>cursing.

"Biased" understates it a bit.
Some thought provoking stuff there.
While visiting his home one of my sons showed me a WWII Disney
propaganda cartoon on the whole wall projection system which the
former owner included with the house.  Pretty impressive.  The
projection, that is.  The Disney cartoon was of excellent quality, and
mocked Hitler in caricature but was essentially soft on the Germans,
depicting them as simply brainwashed by Hitler and the Nazis. 
He's a school teacher, uses this in his class, and is very interested
in historical films.
I told him to get Frank Capra's propaganda, because there is none
better.  I think it was "Why We Fight" - not sure - that I saw years
ago in a Capra bio, perhaps on PBS.
As I told my son, Capra went right after the German people and
culture, showing them dancing and drinking, then waging war, then
dancing and drinking, then again waging war.  Basically implied that
the menace of Germany should be wiped off the face of the earth.
The intended impact was to make sure our soldiers felt no hesitation
about blasting anything on 2 legs in Germany, man woman or child.
Got me going, and the war was at least 30 years in the past!
Yes, there was no cussing used, and the art performed a feat that
common cussing is incapable of doing.
Great stuff. 

--Vic

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