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Post by ironjade on Jun 19, 2017 16:35:19 GMT
The Rat Patrol was removed from UK TV after protests about its "America won the war all on its own" viewpoint. Pity really, because it was very popular with non-bigots. I've heard a lot of dumb reasons to get rid of stuff, but I think that's about the dumbest yet. I agree. It's not without precedent: Raoul Walsh's 1945 Errol Flynn movie "Objective, Burma!" was withdrawn in the UK and not shown again for about 7 years because it gave the impression (again) that the US was the only country fighting in Burma. It may seem petty but some ex-army people take a dim few of this kind of thing (which still goes on today, see "Enigma"). I can see their point but it shouldn't be used to bash everything American. |
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