Re: Any comments on this piece?

Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> David Hobby wrote:
>>> You have a wrong idea about Brazil. Unfortunately,
>>> the paradise that movies like "Blame it on Rio" or "Tourists"
>>> depict is as far away from actual Brazil as "Escape from NY"
>>> or "The Postman" [*] is from the actual USA.
>> Is the difference between depiction and reality
>> in the same direction?
>>
> No, "as far away" is absolute value
>  
>> Trying to think of a movie that portrays the USA as
>> a good place to visit...
>>
> "American Pie", "Basic Instinct", "Hair", "Deep Throat",
> "The Girl Next Door", "Porky's", "Flashdance", "9 1/2 weeks",
> "Showgirls", "Back to the Future", "American Beauty" ...
> just to mention a few of them.

Alberto--

I don't know if you're kidding or not.  I see
that as a pretty random list of movies, all of
which are set in the USA.

"Showgirls" was definitely a bad movie.  I didn't
really need to be reminded of it.  : )

				---David