April 1st, 2007, 02:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
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Re: The 300
Tell that to Herodotus 
Call me ignorant, but this film doesn't have much to do with History, does it, judging by this?
http://www.wbshop.com/cat/300/Collectibles/
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2nd round!
I'm inclined to give the point to Iran in this case, the film is murder!
These are Kings Xerxes and Leonidas. Guess which is Xerxes?
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Since its opening, 300 has attracted controversy over its portrayal of ancient Persians. Various critics, experts, journalists, and officials of the Iranian government including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have denounced the film. As in the graphic novel, the Persians are depicted as a barbaric and demonic horde, and King Xerxes is portrayed as androgynous. Critics have suggested that this is meant to stand in stark contrast to the masculinity of the Spartan army.
Film critic Dimitris Danikas has suggested that the film portrays Persians as "bloodthirsty, underdeveloped zombies," writing that the filmmakers "are stroking [sic] racist instincts in Europe and America."[71] American critics, including Steven Rea, have argued that the Persians are a vehicle for an anachronistic cross-section of Western stereotypes of Asian and African cultures. Dana Stevens of Slate states that as the "bad" side the Persians are depicted as black people, brown people, homosexual, handicapped and/or deformed in some way.
The film's portrayal of ancient Persians sparked a particularly strong reaction in Iran. Azadeh Moaveni of Time reports that Tehranis were "outraged" following the film's release. Moaveni identifies two factors which may have contributed to the intense reaction: its release on the eve of Norouz, the Persian New Year, and a common Iranian view of the Achaemenid Empire as "a particularly noble page in their history." Various Iranian officials, including the president of Iran's Art Affairs Advisory, Javad Shamqadri, government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham and four Iranian Members of Parliament condemned the film. The Iranian Academy of the Arts submitted a formal complaint against the movie to UNESCO, labelling it an attack on the historical identity of Iran. The Iranian mission to the U.N. protested the film in a press release, and the Iranian embassies protested its screening in France and Thailand.
A Warner Bros. spokesman said: "The film 300 is a work of fiction inspired by the Frank Miller graphic novel and loosely based on a historical event. The studio developed this film purely as a fictional work with the sole purpose of entertaining audiences; it is not meant to disparage an ethnicity or culture or make any sort of political statement."
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Yeah, right.
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