http://andrewroman.net/2010/03/10/the-world-according-to-tom-hanks/ combating liberalism and other childish notions Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://andrewroman.net/2010/03/10/the-world-according-to-tom-hanks/#comment-2338 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:07:28 +0000 http://andrewroman.net/?p=14969#comment-2338 Just read an article at the frumforum that The Pacific, Tom Hank’s newest undertaking, can be a delight to novice historians. Although, history based dramas have their place, I feel they can also be deceptive, even if unintentionally. For example, after watching the Ten Commandments, Moses, in my mind, now looks like Heston and even has a few of his mannerisms. Is not that something of a distortion of history? We must always remember that the aim of these motion pictures is entertainment and really not education.

]]> http://andrewroman.net/2010/03/10/the-world-according-to-tom-hanks/#comment-2233 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:36:00 +0000 http://andrewroman.net/?p=14969#comment-2233 Awesome post! I liked the reference to the sick train Hanks and his ilk like to ride, and as I was reading I was hoping to see a clear articulation of the very real differences – moral differences – that existed between Imperial Japan and the USA during WWII and there it was, laid out beautifully at the end of your essay (powerful finish!). I would add the simple fact that in 1945 only the USA possessed nuclear weapons and a massive and mostly unharmed war machine and we could have created a true world imperial empire. But we didn’t. That makes us morally superior to any nation the world has ever known.
Kudos to you, I’ll be back for more. Harvey
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