The Vietnam War And Hollywood Movies
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"Vietnam was the longest war in American history." It lasted more than ten years and killed hundreds of lives. The media was a big part of the war. Back at home in the U.S., televisions, radios, newspapers, and especially Hollywood movies portrayed the war in Vietnam. During the late 60’s to lat ....
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.... Once again the same theme, Vietcong are cold-hearted and lower people than the Americans. In a violent game of Russian Roulette with the prisons of war (Americans), the Vietnamese mentally torture the "good" guys. The satanic enemy is presented in the most evil way. Then when the Americans shoot them there is a rush of happiness that the opponent has been eliminated, "die you commi bustards." However, just a year later a whole view of Vietnam changed in Apocalypse Now, 1979. When a dozen of hel ....
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