Why Hollywood gets the Irish so wrong
Why Hollywood gets the Irish so wrong By John Maguire11th December 2020 Romantic comedy Wild Mountain Thyme's take on Irish life has been mocked ever since its trailer emerged last month. It's part of a long tradition of stereotyping, writes John Maguire. L Like everyone else in Ireland, last month I watched the newly-launched trailer for Wild Mountain Thyme with my jaw on the floor as a parade of diddly-eye Irish clichés not seen since the dark days of Walt Disney’s 1959 leprechaun fantasy Darby O'Gill and The Little People was crammed into two-and-a-half minutes. Like the diaspora of Iri...
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