It certainly provided me with a lot to think and write about, also intermittently shout at my computer.
This review has also succeeded in earworming me with Tom Burleigh's Dead by Eddie From Ohio, who are after all, from Virginia (even Eddie). I think the song is about an actual historical person, unlike the film's depictions. It also sounds a bit cheerier.
. . . That's amazing. Thank you. I don't think I'd even heard of the song, much less heard it. "So let's raise a glass to the luck of the Irish / And to Tom who is dead 'cause he forgot to duck."
The whole depiction makes me wonder about the screenwriter's motives, and whether it was a politically charged script at the time.
My instinctive answer is that I can't see how it wouldn't have been, but maybe I am overestimating the historical awareness and/or caring of the production team. I'd have to look into it. I cannot imagine that I am the first person to trip across the film and then need to take it apart.
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It certainly provided me with a lot to think and write about, also intermittently shout at my computer.
This review has also succeeded in earworming me with Tom Burleigh's Dead by Eddie From Ohio, who are after all, from Virginia (even Eddie). I think the song is about an actual historical person, unlike the film's depictions. It also sounds a bit cheerier.
. . . That's amazing. Thank you. I don't think I'd even heard of the song, much less heard it. "So let's raise a glass to the luck of the Irish / And to Tom who is dead 'cause he forgot to duck."
The whole depiction makes me wonder about the screenwriter's motives, and whether it was a politically charged script at the time.
My instinctive answer is that I can't see how it wouldn't have been, but maybe I am overestimating the historical awareness and/or caring of the production team. I'd have to look into it. I cannot imagine that I am the first person to trip across the film and then need to take it apart.