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re: Shakespeare in Love
Posted on 1/15/13 at 3:30 pm to Baloo
Posted on 1/15/13 at 3:30 pm to Baloo
I would agree with this except:
(a) the movie wasn't written by Spielberg and
(b) Hanks' character is clearly an intellectual who is not a coward.
Given that Hanks is himself an intellectual who is not only capable of heroic feats, but is capable of leading heroic feats, I think your notion that the film is an apology to the "Greatest Generation" for the baby boomers spitting on the country by dodging the draft is a bit tenuous.
Particularly since at the end of the film, Opum man's up and takes an entire firing squad captive.
So... not really sure how Opum is "Spielberg wallowing in self-pity," but I like your use of $10 words.
(a) the movie wasn't written by Spielberg and
(b) Hanks' character is clearly an intellectual who is not a coward.
Given that Hanks is himself an intellectual who is not only capable of heroic feats, but is capable of leading heroic feats, I think your notion that the film is an apology to the "Greatest Generation" for the baby boomers spitting on the country by dodging the draft is a bit tenuous.
Particularly since at the end of the film, Opum man's up and takes an entire firing squad captive.
So... not really sure how Opum is "Spielberg wallowing in self-pity," but I like your use of $10 words.
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Posted on 1/15/13 at 3:44 pm to LoveThatMoney
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Given that Hanks is himself an intellectual who is not only capable of heroic feats, but is capable of leading heroic feats, I think your notion that the film is an apology to the "Greatest Generation" for the baby boomers spitting on the country by dodging the draft is a bit tenuous.
it doesn't affect that at all. SPR is part of a larger, mostly boomer driven notion that the WWII generation was the greatest ever. That notion is nothing more than one more expample of boomer narcassism imo.
This post was edited on 1/15/13 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 1/15/13 at 3:53 pm to LoveThatMoney
H-Town said it more succinctly:
But to address your other comments:
that doesn't matter at all. I'll take a wild, half-court heave in the dark and guess that the writer is also a Baby Boomer. The criticism is the same.
No, he is not. He is a school teacher, which is leagues away from being an intellectual. Teachers are not elite academics in their ivory towers, they have far more in common with the working class. It is also important that none of the soldiers knew Hanks was a teacher until this poetry spouting sissy showed up.
Hanks may not be salt of the earth, but he is still a regular guy who does an honest day's work. No one thinks of teachers as the out of touch, pointed headed intellectuals of academia.
Well, only after his cowardice kills the movie's hero.
Spielberg is, not Opum. And, those are nowhere near $10 words. Only one of them is even three syllables, and that's by adding an -ing. But I see that you identify with anti-intellectualism almost instinctively.
quote:
SPR is part of a larger, mostly boomer driven notion that the WWII generation was the greatest ever. It is nothing more than one more expample of boomer narcassism.
But to address your other comments:
quote:
(a) the movie wasn't written by Spielberg and
that doesn't matter at all. I'll take a wild, half-court heave in the dark and guess that the writer is also a Baby Boomer. The criticism is the same.
quote:
(b) Hanks' character is clearly an intellectual who is not a coward.
No, he is not. He is a school teacher, which is leagues away from being an intellectual. Teachers are not elite academics in their ivory towers, they have far more in common with the working class. It is also important that none of the soldiers knew Hanks was a teacher until this poetry spouting sissy showed up.
Hanks may not be salt of the earth, but he is still a regular guy who does an honest day's work. No one thinks of teachers as the out of touch, pointed headed intellectuals of academia.
quote:
Particularly since at the end of the film, Opum man's up and takes an entire firing squad captive.
Well, only after his cowardice kills the movie's hero.
quote:
So... not really sure how Opum is "Spielberg wallowing in self-pity," but I like your use of $10 words.
Spielberg is, not Opum. And, those are nowhere near $10 words. Only one of them is even three syllables, and that's by adding an -ing. But I see that you identify with anti-intellectualism almost instinctively.
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