tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767146.post1884721776717480214..comments2024-01-28T02:19:04.562-11:00Comments on Michael Fountain: Blood for Ink: ALBERT SPEER IN UGANDAMichael Fountain: Blood for Inkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636180492565972504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767146.post-31452107351220371372007-02-14T17:00:00.000-11:002007-02-14T17:00:00.000-11:00The more I thought about it afterwards, the more i...The more I thought about it afterwards, the more it troubled me that the filmmakers had to invent a white character with whom viewers could identify. I know the plot took a couple of turns that hinged on his being Scottish/white, but I think it could have been done with a black hero . . . so why wasn't it? Not marketable? --PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767146.post-16434506891680993912007-02-11T16:24:00.000-11:002007-02-11T16:24:00.000-11:00I've tried to understand how or why people stayed ...I've tried to understand how or why people stayed behind in Germany =watching or ignoring what was going on around them.(Most of my relatives got OUT! "The Good German" by Joseph Kanon helped me understand and now give some empathy of the Scottish Doctor's plight with "when will this wrong turn end?" Not everyone wants to deal with reality and when it strikes them ---it can be mean.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com