Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money

Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 1/15/2025 5:57 PM, William Hyde wrote:

Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 1/15/2025 5:16 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:

On 1/15/2025 8:42 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dealing with monarchies is a weird thing, because it comes down entirely
to figuring out what the monarch is thinking, which isn't always what he
is saying either domestically or to the foreign press.  Whatever happened
to Kremlinologists and Sovietologists anyway?
--scott

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I enjoyed the new Napoleon movie and relearned a lot of European
history.  The battle scenes were amazing.

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An entertainment film should not be confused with history, in
any aspect.
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Real history is far more nuanced than can be conveyed in 120 minutes.

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I recall someone saying "A picture is worth a thousand words...".

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A movie is worth a million lies.
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William Hyde

 https://time.com/6338563/napoleon-movie-true-story/

As you have not read that article, I feel safe in telling you that the article makes a big deal of the fact that the movie did not portray Napoleon as a three-armed Martian who conquered Jupiter.
In that it was absolutely correct.
William Hyde