Posted on 12/18/2001 11:26:13 AM PST by RonDog
In recent editorial published in the Mercurial Times, Free Republic's own AnnaZ described a NEW release of the classic patriotic song "America the Beautiful" in which the phrase "God shed His Grace on Thee" has been REMOVED.
See, from:
The Dregs of the Whine Cellar (Barrel I)
Posted on 12/18/01 1:17 AM Pacific by Mercuria"Several weeks ago I took my sons to see that (noncontroversial) children's hit flick, Monsters, Inc., at a United Artists theater. We settled into our seats, my eldest navigating his posterior and the popcorn, I juggling the toddling one and the root beer and perusing the trailers for appropriate subject matter for the next family excursion.Mercurial Times exclusive commentary. All reprints must credit the author and Mercurial Times.And then, for the first time in my life, I saw a propaganda piece. Live.
Seeing as this is my first war as a (still only) resident of America it was inspiring, "uniting". I thought of Rosie the Riveter and all the "Go, USA!" I had missed out on during wars past, and felt a hearkening back to a history of a nation united for "Right".
My five-year old and I unconsciously held hands and surreptitiously sang along as multi-landscapes, multi-ethnicities and a booming tenor filled the theater. Sing along, please, as we did:
O beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain,
for purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!
America! America!
and crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea. Notice something missing? We did. My son, sweet innocent that he is, thought, no doubt, as he hurried to catch up to the lead, that he had screwed up the words. I knew I hadn't. But somewhere, someone had decided to. On purpose.
I arrived at home ready to stomp my own sour grapes and began to make some calls to find out who had authorized this "inclusive" deletion. Katherine Lee Bates, the pen of the prose, may be deceased, I thought, but I'm most decidedly not and I am mad, as hell, and I don't feel like taking this PC-crap anymore. "Just pick another freakin' song, then!", I was going to yell.
And "You offended ME, get it? Someone's STILL offended!"
Or how about "God. GodGodGodGodGod." Oh, how the imaginary diatribe flowed angry and articulate through my noggin as I looked up numbers. Ooh yeah, and I was going to record it all and play it on my radio show, and show someone, boy.But I couldn't get beyond theater location recordings and voice mails and it was time to make dinner and fold laundry and plan a Christmas Pageant and change a diaper. When it comes to my whine I guess I'm a nouveau beaujolais, I ain't got the time to fer-, er, foment.
At least not on my own..."(Emphasis added by me.)(For the REST of AnnaZ's wonderful editorial, CLICK HERE.)
WHO is responsible for removing "God shed His Grace on Thee" from "America the Beautiful?"WHAT are we going to do about this?
Any ideas on how best to proceed?
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Already posted here.LOL! You won't fool me with that AGAIN! ;o)
You got me chasing my tail with that "recursive link" the LAST time.(BTW, do you keep the HTML handy, or do you have to type it fresh every time?)
Actually, it's already been posted here, too...But worth posting AGAIN and AGAIN, don't you think?;0)
Either way, thank you for bumping this thread!Now on the the more SERIOUS business at hand: WHO creates the trailers that are shown at Untited Artists theaters?
Now on the the more SERIOUS business at hand: WHO creates the trailers that are shown at Untited Artists theaters?Partial text from United Artists: In-Theatre Advertising:
United Artists Theatre Circuit provides you with the tools you need to get your message and / or product seen by more than 60 million moviegoers annually, 222 theatres, and 1600 screens in 22 states and is represented in 8 of the top 10 DMA's. Some of the Advertising and Marketing opportunities available through In-Theatre Advertising are:PRE-FEATURE PROGRAM
United Artists Pre-feature Program is a slide show presentation showcasing advertisers in full color on the movie screen. Each advertising package includes three slides placed equal distance apart within an 80-slide carousel. Each advertiser receives exposure every 4-5 minutes during the 15-30 minute intermission prior to the movie on each screen.
VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
The Video Entertainment Program is presented on oversized video walls positioned overhead in 170 lobby areas. Consisting of movie trailers and theatre-branded information, the Video Entertainment Program offers the opportunity to present :30 and :60 second spots and music videos to movie patrons with full motion and sound.
COMMERCIAL TRAILERS
Each month, advertisers can feature :30 and :60 second commercials prior to on-screen previews with full motion and sound...
No, I don't think they do.
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