Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America [LIVE THREAD]

ABC.com ^ | Tuesday, May 9, 2006 | ABC.com

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CONSULTANT ON BIRD FLU MOVIE SAYS ABC DIDN'T FOLLOW HIS ADVICE

The ABC movie Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America, which airs tonight (Tuesday), has been denounced by John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza, about the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, who receives on-screen credit as the film's consultant. In an interview with today's (Tuesday) New York Times, Barry said, "To say it's overdone is an understatement." He disclosed that his "consulting" amounted to nothing more than a two-hour conference call and some comments on the script. The newspaper said that Barry compared his role to that of a lawyer whose client pays for advice -- but ignores it.

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John M. Barry, Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Tulane University and writer of the New York Times bestseller, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, served as a consultant on the project. Barry's book, which includes a new afterword on today's Avian Flu, focuses on the 1918 Spanish Flu which killed between 50-100 million peop

See the post right above, #81, which says the film's consultant, John M. Barry, has denounced Fatal Contact.

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Hmmm. I wonder if you can freeze Egg-Beaters?

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"Hmmm. I wonder if you can freeze Egg-Beaters?"

My parents used to all the time. I think I'll get some and freeze them too.