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Monday, January 9. 2012

Iron Lady

If you are fascinated with Alzheimer's or are in love with Meryl Streep's phenomenal talents playing an Alzheimer's patient, see Iron Lady. If you have any interest in Margaret Thatcher as a person or leader of Great Britain, don't expect any of that in this movie. The non-Alzheimer's flashbacks probable amount to less than 20% of this disjointed movie, and are designed to conceal any utility of her policies or actions, such as when she is portrayed as viciously attacking the poor Argentinians despite the advice of her admirals.


 In short, it is clear that Mrs. T and her politics were repugnant to the writers and producers, who are using Streep's fabulous talents in one of the more effective hatchet jobs (fortunately, the hatchet was so blunt the agenda is obvious to all).

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Great Britain is a geographical term for the largest island in the British Isles. MT was the PM of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
#1 wirraway on 2012-01-09 14:02 (Reply)
The ins and outs of what it referred to as Great Britain, England, British Isles, and the dozen or so other names for political divisions in that area of the world are a maze. Although Obummer should have known better than to make reference to the English Embassy (or whatever it was he recently screwed up), I cut him some slack on it (however, we all know the uproar that would have ensued if that cretin George W. Bush had made that mistake.

As for the movie, when I heard that MT was going to be played by Meryl Streep, I knew I would never see it. As it was, it would have been unlikely for me to see it anyway given Hollywood's track record in being true to what actually happened when depicting actual events.
#1.1 mudbug on 2012-01-09 14:41 (Reply)
"In short, it is clear that Mrs. T and her politics were repugnant to the writers and producers, who are using Streep's fabulous talents in one of the more effective hatchet jobs (fortunately, the hatchet was so blunt the agenda is obvious to all)."

Not surprised as this seems par for Hollywood produced 'history' themed movies.
#2 phil g on 2012-01-09 15:17 (Reply)
MT, RR, JPII, Lech Walesa --truly an age of giants. We didn't realize it then, but boyoboy do we ever now.
#3 buddy larsen on 2012-01-09 21:46 (Reply)
PS, and Solzhenitsyn.
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2012-01-09 21:48 (Reply)
We are looking for more like them but they don't seem to be around (or is it that we can only really appreciate them in hindsight?).
#3.1.1 mudbug on 2012-01-09 23:01 (Reply)
Funny, how, when you think about it, MT should be the feminists ideal.

But we all know how that works out.
#4 XRay on 2012-01-09 22:41 (Reply)
...well, as Dr. Condi Rice learned when they informed her that she was actually a white male, one must learn to accept in life a certain measure of ambiguity.
#4.1 buddy larsen on 2012-01-09 22:53 (Reply)
Heh.



Additional words due to the spam filter.
#4.1.1 XRay on 2012-01-09 23:04 (Reply)
It is really simple:

The "British Isles" refers to all of the Isles of Britain including Eire (southern Ireland) - it is not a political description only geographic.

The "UK" refers to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

"Great Britain" means the UK less Northern Ireland.
#5 thehawkreturns on 2012-01-10 04:00 (Reply)
You guys are totally bumming me out today. I had been looking forward to both "Iron Lady" and "Tinker, Tailor."
#6 Texan99 (Link) on 2012-01-10 10:54 (Reply)

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