Comments for U.S. History in Film http://ushistoryfilm.umwblogs.org Prof. McClurken's HIST 329 -- Fall 2008 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Welcome! by areed http://ushistoryfilm.umwblogs.org/2008/08/01/hello-world/#comment-231 areed Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:30:47 +0000 #comment-231 “Matewan” and Reagan areed on 11 Nov 2008 06:14 pm [edit this] Again… really liked the movie and enjoyed the side movie debate. But I thought I would share this. Link. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story… It is about Reagan and the air-traffic controllers’ strike in 1981. Fairly new in office, Reagan was seen as an American cowboy, because of his Hollywood persona. This intimidation worked not only with foreign diplomats who sometimes didn’t separate the image of Reagan in his movies and in real life, but it also proved to be true domestically when a showdown took place with the strikers. All the air-traffic strikers’ jobs were terminated. Reagan the villain or this story? Unions certainly thought so. I bring up the Cowboy Showdown Allegory because someone had pointed out that Matewan had sort of the Western Movie archetype. In terms of the time, Matewan certainly would be suggesting a comparison between Reagan and the ruthless Detectives against the poor, hard-laboring workers.–Jackie Reed “Matewan” and Reagan
areed on 11 Nov 2008 06:14 pm [edit this]
Again… really liked the movie and enjoyed the side movie debate.

But I thought I would share this. Link.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story…

It is about Reagan and the air-traffic controllers’ strike in 1981. Fairly new in office, Reagan was seen as an American cowboy, because of his Hollywood persona. This intimidation worked not only with foreign diplomats who sometimes didn’t separate the image of Reagan in his movies and in real life, but it also proved to be true domestically when a showdown took place with the strikers. All the air-traffic strikers’ jobs were terminated. Reagan the villain or this story? Unions certainly thought so.

I bring up the Cowboy Showdown Allegory because someone had pointed out that Matewan had sort of the Western Movie archetype. In terms of the time, Matewan certainly would be suggesting a comparison between Reagan and the ruthless Detectives against the poor, hard-laboring workers.–Jackie Reed

]]> Comment on The Wiki and Thursday’s Discussion by awilkins http://ushistoryfilm.umwblogs.org/2008/09/03/the-wiki-and-thursdays-discussion/#comment-6 awilkins Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:32:34 +0000 http://ushistoryfilm.umwblogs.org/?p=87#comment-6 It didn't dawn on me on Tuesday, but I forgot that in the movie Kokoum dies and Pocahontas never marries him. That and the tribe calls her Pocahontas (English name) and not the two names mentioned in class. On another note, John Smith is liked and almost idolized by his crewmates and the same governor stays in charge throughout the ship ride over and until the end of the movie where he gets hog-tied and shipped back to England. It didn’t dawn on me on Tuesday, but I forgot that in the movie Kokoum dies and Pocahontas never marries him. That and the tribe calls her Pocahontas (English name) and not the two names mentioned in class. On another note, John Smith is liked and almost idolized by his crewmates and the same governor stays in charge throughout the ship ride over and until the end of the movie where he gets hog-tied and shipped back to England.
]]> Comment on Welcome! by kokoro http://ushistoryfilm.umwblogs.org/2008/08/01/hello-world/#comment-4 kokoro Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:57:11 +0000 #comment-4 1st- 'Best Years of Our Lives' 2nd- 'The Color Purple' 3rd- No idea... 'My Darling Clementine', maybe? 4th- 'Glory' 1st- ‘Best Years of Our Lives’
2nd- ‘The Color Purple’
3rd- No idea… ‘My Darling Clementine’, maybe?
4th- ‘Glory’
]]> Comment on Welcome! by agrussell http://ushistoryfilm.umwblogs.org/2008/08/01/hello-world/#comment-3 agrussell Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:18:42 +0000 #comment-3 I believe the 4th pic is from "Glory" but I would have to guess about the others (2nd pic is.. "The Color Purple"?) I believe the 4th pic is from “Glory” but I would have to guess about the others (2nd pic is.. “The Color Purple”?)
]]> Comment on Welcome! by Reverend http://ushistoryfilm.umwblogs.org/2008/08/01/hello-world/#comment-2 Reverend Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:43:03 +0000 #comment-2 I love what you have done with this theme. It may be the best design I have seen yet! I love what you have done with this theme. It may be the best design I have seen yet!
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