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World news :) (starting with the UK)
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27 Jan 2007 Sat 11:09 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: (correct me if I am wrong but it was South Africans who played the terrorists in Die Hard, not muslims  ). |
I didn't say Muslims played in Die Hard, I said it was Germans, which I think it was...wasn't it? :-S Yes Im sure it was because I remember them speaking in German as part of the film.
I agree with you about the biased part though. The media is a strange thing these days :-S
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27 Jan 2007 Sat 11:09 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: This is a very biased survey as only muslims were interviewed! If the journalists had interviewed English, for example, we could have also claimed we are unfairly portrayed by Hollywood!
For decades the English have been portrayed badly - usually as the insane murderers (i.e. Silence of the Lambs) or the arrogant evil leader (i.e. the factually incorrect Braveheart). Horror and science fiction also use the English accent to portray the "baddie".
Hollywood uses a variety of nationalities to represent the "evil side". During the cold war it was always the USSR, and since then we have seen Koreans and South Africans fill the 'gap' (correct me if I am wrong but it was South Africans who played the terrorists in Die Hard, not muslims ).
I can count more examples of English being portrayed as the "baddies" than muslims in Hollywood films. To post this biased article on this site just adds fuel to a paranoid fire.
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and actors such as hugh grant or rupert everett always have ridiculous english accents too 
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27 Jan 2007 Sat 11:12 pm |
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Quoting robyn  : Quoting aenigma x: This is a very biased survey as only muslims were interviewed! If the journalists had interviewed English, for example, we could have also claimed we are unfairly portrayed by Hollywood!
For decades the English have been portrayed badly - usually as the insane murderers (i.e. Silence of the Lambs) or the arrogant evil leader (i.e. the factually incorrect Braveheart). Horror and science fiction also use the English accent to portray the "baddie".
Hollywood uses a variety of nationalities to represent the "evil side". During the cold war it was always the USSR, and since then we have seen Koreans and South Africans fill the 'gap' (correct me if I am wrong but it was South Africans who played the terrorists in Die Hard, not muslims ).
I can count more examples of English being portrayed as the "baddies" than muslims in Hollywood films. To post this biased article on this site just adds fuel to a paranoid fire.
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and actors such as hugh grant or rupert everett always have ridiculous english accents too |
I think they have beautiful accents and thanks for trivialising my post.
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27 Jan 2007 Sat 11:13 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting robyn : Quoting aenigma x: This is a very biased survey as only muslims were interviewed! If the journalists had interviewed English, for example, we could have also claimed we are unfairly portrayed by Hollywood!
For decades the English have been portrayed badly - usually as the insane murderers (i.e. Silence of the Lambs) or the arrogant evil leader (i.e. the factually incorrect Braveheart). Horror and science fiction also use the English accent to portray the "baddie".
Hollywood uses a variety of nationalities to represent the "evil side". During the cold war it was always the USSR, and since then we have seen Koreans and South Africans fill the 'gap' (correct me if I am wrong but it was South Africans who played the terrorists in Die Hard, not muslims ).
I can count more examples of English being portrayed as the "baddies" than muslims in Hollywood films. To post this biased article on this site just adds fuel to a paranoid fire.
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and actors such as hugh grant or rupert everett always have ridiculous english accents too |
I think they have beautiful accents and thanks for trivialising my post. |
actually i wasnt.but you are entitled to your opinion like every1 else.
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 02:49 pm |
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Quoting robyn : actually i wasnt.but you are entitled to your opinion like every1 else. |
Wow! Thank you Robyn 
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 05:21 pm |
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and actors such as hugh grant or rupert everett always have ridiculous english accents too |
As opposed to an American woman with a ridiculous English accent - at least they are English (in an English film) and they know HOW to speak properly!
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 09:22 pm |
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 @ Capoeria...oh how i've missed your comments haha!
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 10:00 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: This is a very biased survey as only muslims were interviewed! If the journalists had interviewed English, for example, we could have also claimed we are unfairly portrayed by Hollywood!
For decades the English have been portrayed badly - usually as the insane murderers (i.e. Silence of the Lambs) or the arrogant evil leader (i.e. the factually incorrect Braveheart). Horror and science fiction also use the English accent to portray the "baddie".
Hollywood uses a variety of nationalities to represent the "evil side". During the cold war it was always the USSR, and since then we have seen Koreans and South Africans fill the 'gap' (correct me if I am wrong but it was South Africans who played the terrorists in Die Hard, not muslims ).
I can count more examples of English being portrayed as the "baddies" than muslims in Hollywood films. To post this biased article on this site just adds fuel to a paranoid fire.
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 11:19 pm |
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I meant they are English actors, in an English film (I belive Robyn was referring to Bridget Jones Diary) with and American Actress trying speak with an English accent. I am not saying in the gramtical sense but in the accent sense.
Sorry for diverting from the original post.
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28 Jan 2007 Sun 11:23 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Sorry for diverting from the original post. |
Sorry? why? its a TC tradition LL, no need to be sorry!
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