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Sure. But Hanton's worldview doesn't contradict mine in any meaningful way. We agree with each other. He analyses business. I'm talking here about the geo-political architecture that drives that.
In Europe, the business influence of the USA is highly dependent on the security arrangements. This has been the case for eighty years. You remove that central plank of American power, and everything else recedes along with it... even including the UK, which is the European country most tangled up with American business and culture.
I'm familiar with Angus Hanton. I've read his book, Vassal State.
Credit where it is due: the Americans are correct about European security having been too reliant on the USA. That must be addressed.
But they don't understand the implications of changing the post-war arrangement. Security has been their bargaining chip since 1945. Without that, Europe has no more use for America than America has for Europe. These people don't understand soft power.
Nothing will change overnight. But we're about to see eight decades of Americanisation start to go into reverse. Why do we have so many McDonalds franchises on our continent? Why do we consume so much of their entertainment? Why do we permit them to own our football clubs? &c. All exciting questions that will be asked in the coming years and decades.
As someone who wants Europe to be more European and less American, I welcome it.
Pour le bénéfice du spectateur.
Maybe. You could certainly look at it that way. For me, they're advertising: 'Contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing.'
YES!!!
They don't bother me. I barely notice them.
But there should probably be an option to disable the feature for people who prefer to go into things completely blind.
They're good for the people who make use of them and I've no problem with that; but for those of us who don't... yeah, the ability to turn them off would probably be a nice compromise.
Because it informs Rose's character - she is rebelling against the codes and expectations of her class and era. Sex is a facet of that rebellion.
And because it's a 1990s entertainment blockbuster designed to be understood and enjoyed by a 1990s mainstream audience; it isn't an academic exercise.
I don't either. I don't even clock the ratings of films, let alone look at the additional information / warnings. Well, except when I see them in the corner of my eye and say 'Ooooh, nudity and graphic violence. Good-o.'
But they're clearly useful to some people and they don't inconvenience me, so I'm perfectly happy for them to exist.
I'm in favour of content warnings so that consumers can make informed choices about what they watch.
But the 2019 version seems entirely sufficient to me; the 2020 version is just self-congratulatory corporate back-slapping and comes across as insincere anyway: 'Disney is committed to... blah blah blah.' No-one needs a company mission statement every time they watch a film.
Let's hope so.
I was pretty confident they'd beat Tottenham this evening. Because, you know, they're Tottenham. But I think Newcastle in a final - out to win their first domestic trophy since 1955 - will actually give them a proper game.
Dunno about a treble or quadruple. But I'll be happy enough with just one of the big ones: Premier or Champions League will do me just fine. (Preferably the Premier League to draw level with Manchester United.)
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