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Author Topic: Hollywood's Bad Guy Dilemma  (Read 2135 times)

Offline patch

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Hollywood's Bad Guy Dilemma
« on: August 12, 2010, 07:56:56 AM »
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Racism, politics and the problems of choosing the perfect villain



http://www.empireonline.com/features/drugs-cia-hollywoods-bad-guy-dilemma/

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Re: Hollywood's Bad Guy Dilemma
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2010, 12:47:21 PM »
That's really interesting, patch!

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Nazis will probably always be with us in cinema; the combination of nice uniforms and built-in hissability makes them all-but irresistible.

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Re: Hollywood's Bad Guy Dilemma
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 01:00:16 PM »
They're often played by Dutchmen.

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Re: Hollywood's Bad Guy Dilemma
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 03:47:35 PM »
That was interesting, patch!

I always assumed that most actors playing Nazis were German, Blue Jay.  I didn't realize that many were Dutch.

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Re: Hollywood's Bad Guy Dilemma
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2010, 03:48:46 PM »
Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbe, I'm sure there are more.

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Re: Hollywood's Bad Guy Dilemma
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2010, 04:50:54 PM »
Victor Reynier, Derek de Lint.