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Re: A question of remembrance...
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Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:37:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> It's difficult to blame "the media" for anything, unless you start to get
> specific.
Hey, I got another doosy for you, Jeremy! Old skool:
Remember when "Amadeus" won a bunch of Oscars back in 1984? We all got
familiarized with the "story" of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and how Salieri was
jealous and killed him-- 100% pure crap!
First of all, that was a bunch of rumours started by German nationalists in
the 1800's (including Beethoven). Salieri was an Italian and the Germans
didn't want the Italians to influence their culture. Pushkin later made a
playlet called "Mozart and Salieri" and solidified the lies about Salieri.
Did you know that Salieri was a close collegue of Mozart and friend of the
family? Salieri strongly supported Mozart, when his fellow Germans
(Austrians) didn't give a hoot about his music. In fact, Salieri took care
of Mozart's family when Mozart died. He even taught his son music and payed
for his education. However, a few Germans chose to make up the story which
the world now accepts as historical fact: Salieri killed Mozart. Nothing can
be further from the truth.
How's that for media propaganda? A big lie that won an Oscar, imagine that?
Dan
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) So did Braveheart, while we're at it, though as a history story it is only slightly more accurate than Mr. Peabody's time travels with Sherman. The only saving grace re: historical value is that neither film claimed to be an accurate (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm not saying that big lies don't happen. I'm not defending the media, either. Um, I'm not sure what I'm saying. :-, Shortly after seeing Amadeus, I was made aware of the Salieri conspiracy. The movie was mean, but so what? As a work of (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Whoa. Dude. Freaky. The article number was 1227, but the trailing "7" seems to have been chopped off. Let's see if this works: (URL) that, try this... /off-topic/debate/?n=1227 The disclaimer still stands, though. ;-) (...) Hmm. It's difficult (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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