That collective wisdom has been under violent ideological seige from historical revisionists for some time now, Owlz, with the result that Hollywood now largely considers nationalism to be a dirty word. Consequentally, IMO there was no way that Rock would have been translated to the big screen during the last twenty years or so without him being somehow mutilated in the process. And despite fans' current enthusiasm, I'll be very surprised if the upcoming cinematic portrayal of Captain America escapes that fate also.

I still have hope, for Hollywood. Take for example Bryan Singer's film Valkyrie. He wanted the audience to sympathize for Nazi officers under Hitler's rule. He wanted audiences to look past Nazism and what it means to be German. In the climax of the film, Cruises character shouts "Long live sacred Germany!"

Nationalism shouldn't be a dirty word. Hollywood instead of making a American solider fighting against tyranny and Nazism for his country wants to set it in outer space?? 


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