Re:Braveheart

From: Paul May <kax_at_orac.net.au>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:52:26 +1100

At 04:01 PM 17/03/05, RR wrote:
>My problem with the Arthur-as-Sarmatian theory is that a lot of the supposed
>correlations between Arthur-The-Sarmatian and Arthur-as-we-know-him-now had
>over 1000 years in which they *weren't* mentioned in connection with him:
>The Sword in the Stone, the Grail, etc.

   Whereas Arthur the Welsh warleader works reasonably well, IMO.

And in reply to another:
> > > U571, the patriot (with Mel Gibson as a Revolutionary War patriot).
> >
> > As I remember those, both suffer from a nasty case of "the hero has to
> > be American".
>
>Well, a movie set in the American Revolution *does* have a certain built-in
>restricton on the nationality of its characters... the hero pretty much has
>to be British (or Hessian) or Colonist.

   So they made it with an Australian actor. I find that vastly amusing...

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