How Graham Greene's Novel About American Policy in Vietnam Was Subverted by Hollywood
Not just the director Joseph Mankiewicz, a liberal, but even Democrats found 'The Quiet American' too anti-American and distorted it completely.
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Not just the director Joseph Mankiewicz, a liberal, but even Democrats found 'The Quiet American' too anti-American and distorted it completely.
AP Photo/Julio Cortez Phantom pain is pain that a person feels in a body part, usually a limb, that is no longer there. That’s kind of how yesterday’s Presidential Inauguration felt. The limb missing was the lack of supporters and even protestors at the event. BOTH are part of American democracy, and both were totally restricted from the Capitol Mall. The Inauguration is an American tradition, but regular Americans weren’t allowed to be a part. How wrong is that? How difficult could it have been to pull off an event that allowed people with 28,000 National Guard troops in place to keep ...