Posted: 1/19/2011 12:03:23 PM EDT
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Or we'll level Toronto! Watching Canadian Bacon for the first time. Entertaining thus far.  |
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That film has funny moments, but you can see MM's anti-Americanism in it. That makes it hard to watch. There's a difference between friendly banter or self-effacing humor and an undercurrent of hatred. His later work didn't even bother to diguise his distaste for the US as comedy.
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Quoted: That film has funny moments, but you can see MM's anti-Americanism in it. That makes it hard to watch. There's a difference between friendly banter or self-effacing humor and an undercurrent of hatred. His later work didn't even bother to diguise his distaste for the US as comedy. True, I noticed it. |
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That film has funny moments, but you can see MM's anti-Americanism in it. That makes it hard to watch. There's a difference between friendly banter or self-effacing humor and an undercurrent of hatred. His later work didn't even bother to diguise his distaste for the US as comedy. True, I noticed it. Often when I note such bias in films (anti-gun, political, anti-male, etc.), people tell me to lighten up -"it's just entertainment" they say. 
I have a good friend who is Canadian, I was married to a Brit, and I've lived in the UK; I know about banter. Teasing each other about our countries is pretty common. What MM does in this film isn't lighthearted. |