>>I liked this comment from a review of Pearl Harbour. "This American interpretation of the Japanese invasion is very respectful to the Japanese and doesn't show them as tyrants. I liked that the Japanese were perceived as doing a strategic thing and that they knew that they were awakening a sleeping giant."
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>Yes, but do you think it was accurate? But, of course, accuracy takes a back seat to political correctitude.

AND entertainment value. gotta have a good story. gotta have the Americans feel good at the end.


>I hear there's an even more white washed version being shown in Japan.

Yes...and I heard there was a third, European version...I was curious to see what was going to be shown here...we are closer, physically, to Japan than the US, and there are many Japanese people here (residents and tourists). I didn't catch the phrase "diry Jap" that was supposed to be in the American version. I heard that one way to tell which version, was that, in Japan, the invasion took place on the 8th, rather than the 7th, since Japan is on the other side of the dateline...guess we got the American version...

J