Frank, finally got around to seeing "300" this past Friday, a week after it opened, and with much of the past seven days' hoopla in mind .....
A LOT of sight and sound, and movement and meaning ... I'm still processing much of it ...
My own initial take on the politics ... it's more about freedom than democracy ... I suspect Leonidas and his 300 would have fought the good fight regardless, whether it was against Xerxes and the Perian Empire, or George Bush and the Coalition of the Willing ...
Does that mean we are supposed to consider Saddam a tragic hero? I surely hope not. Judging by this, most Iraqis are glad he's gone. If so, we should be glad to have been of help.
Frank, finally got around to seeing "300" this past Friday, a week after it opened, and with much of the past seven days' hoopla in mind .....
ReplyDeleteA LOT of sight and sound, and movement and meaning ... I'm still processing much of it ...
My own initial take on the politics ... it's more about freedom than democracy ... I suspect Leonidas and his 300 would have fought the good fight regardless, whether it was against Xerxes and the Perian Empire, or George Bush and the Coalition of the Willing ...
Does that mean we are supposed to consider Saddam a tragic hero? I surely hope not. Judging by this, most Iraqis are glad he's gone. If so, we should be glad to have been of help.
ReplyDeleteNope ... I think they'd have fought Saddam Hussein and the Axis of Evil, as well ...
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