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>>Or, here's another question:  why are many of us as film scholars willing
>>to believe that we can admire -- that is, find pleasure in -- the
>>aesthetics of Birth of a Nation and Triumph of the Will without either
>>being or becoming Klansmen or Nazis, but we are unwilling to grant the
>>same ability to separate pleasure from politics to the folks around us at
>>the multiplex?
 
>>JRG
 
Another question would be: why can't we enjoy a film for it's own sake?  I
dare anyone to fine the political ramifications in THE FLINTSTONES.
 
Guy