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Humor and Parody from Garnet R. Chaney....

Power of Movies and how the Victor Dictates History

Politics side - I suppose American made movies should be just taken to be just that - movies made primarily for an American audience , and should never be a substitute for history lessons.

But then in the powerful tsunami of popular American culture - it would be almost tempting to believe that only the Americans fought during D-day( Saving Private Ryan ) when the British , the Canadians suffered equally horrendous casualties on other fronts during the Normandy landing

or

that the Americans were the ones that cracked the German's U-boat codes ( U - 571 ) when it was the British.

or

simply how even some Malaysians pooh-pooh our own soldiers gallant effort in rescuing the US Rangers.

Unfortunately that's the power of movies - making dreams or myths alive.

Or as the famous dictum goes, the victor dictates history.