03-27-2007, 07:27 PM
True enough.
No, my disagreement with the article's author is his seeming reliance on the "Black Athena" for some of his assertions. Although an interesting idea I do not think the scholarship is very sound there.
However...
The article about the film is interesting and does raise an interesting question as to Stone's motivation for depicting Alexander as he did.
Political Correctness in light of current events?
Old fashioned Historical Revisionism from a Euro-Centric viewpoint?
Historical ignorance?
Something else?
Given his body of work it would seem unlikely that Stone has gone PC, but then again he is older now so perhaps his views have changed.
Narukami
No, my disagreement with the article's author is his seeming reliance on the "Black Athena" for some of his assertions. Although an interesting idea I do not think the scholarship is very sound there.
However...
The article about the film is interesting and does raise an interesting question as to Stone's motivation for depicting Alexander as he did.
Political Correctness in light of current events?
Old fashioned Historical Revisionism from a Euro-Centric viewpoint?
Historical ignorance?
Something else?
Given his body of work it would seem unlikely that Stone has gone PC, but then again he is older now so perhaps his views have changed.
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
