Re: trendy left

["Rosser Jr, John Barkley" <rosserjb@xxxxxxx>]

Bernard,
     Well, it is certainly a cliche by now that Hollywood
is an intellectual sinkhole and has been for some
time, the situation only getting worse, rather than better.
However, my inquiry regarding Disney's "Hunchback of Notre
Dame" had more to it than mere jest.
     I have read that contrary to all expectations, the
film has been very successful in France since its
release there, and that it has even received some favorable
comments in such outlets as _Liberation_.  The reported
reasons are that a)  the depiction of Notre Dame as a
refuge for minorities echoes a recent case where illegal
immigrants used a church as a sanctuary against arrest, and
b) a sense that it is getting harder to interest French
children in their own classics and that maybe even a (yuck)
Disney version is better than no version.  C'est dommage,
si c'est vrai.
Barkley Rosser
On Tue, 4 Mar 1997 09:48:27 +0100 (MET) Bernard Girard
<bgirard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> >Bernard,
> >     Merde!  Why, I bet you even like Jerry Lewis, :-)!
> >Barkley Rosser
>
> O course! I love Jerry Lewis, mais tout fout le camp : when I tell my
> children I like Jerry Lewis, they don't trust me, they think I am joking. A
> new proof of the american imperialism, I guess...
>
> >PS:  Moi, j'aime beaucoup les grands ecrivains et musiciens
> >Francaises, aussi.  Que pensez-vous de "Hunchback of Notre
> >Dame" a la Disney?
>
> Rien! Je n'en pense rien. In the thirties, Hecht, Faulkner, Hammett and
> others wrote beautiful stories for Hollywood. Producers did not need to
> steal stories from our schoolbooks. They do it now. There must be an
> explanation.
>
> Bernard Girard
> <bgirard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>

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Rosser Jr, John Barkley
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