"Myth and historical truth in the Hollywood WWII combat film" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Jul 2019 9:49 p.m. PST |
The 1960s until the 1990s Of possible interest?
PDF link Amicalement
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| Brad Jenison | 03 Jul 2019 1:31 a.m. PST |
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| Narratio | 03 Jul 2019 5:27 a.m. PST |
I read the disertation, everything written on the basis of whatever this guy Zinn wrote in 2005 being holy truth. I believe that Brad is being too kind. |
| Bede19002 | 03 Jul 2019 5:33 a.m. PST |
We should have left the author's ancestors to enjoy life under the rule of the Third Reich. |
| Tango01 | 03 Jul 2019 11:59 a.m. PST |
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 deadhead  | 08 Jul 2019 12:33 p.m. PST |
This is truly awful. It is a disgrace to the U of Ghent frankly. It is simply riddled with careless errors but, even then, it is pathetic to consider Hollywood's portrayal of WWII based on seven films, seemingly chosen at random. Even then the dissertation largely just repeats each screenplay, with little interpretation. Surely an academic work like this needs some degree of analysis? As Narratio said above, a couple of earlier writers are quoted and cited so liberally it begs the question what added value is presented here. Basinger 2003 seems to have written most of this for him! Tango, this was well worth highlighting. Not your fault the content is so poor. It does not say much for the academic credentials of the parent university, if this was accepted (as of course it was). This is simply unprofessional "historical" work. I do not mind anti-war, pro-war, anti US etc bias so much, if there is at least some content. |
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