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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
That pissed me off too. Turning a historical fight to the death into a Saturday Night Live skit was unforgiveable. Hollywood cannot acknowledge tough, brave men founded this country. Remember the "real" Alamo but forget this pile of excrement. There was more courage in the real Davy Crockett's little toe than there has ever been in the entire fake empire called Hollywood.

You obviously have no clue what the line "I'm a screamer", actually means. But don't feel alone, this will go zooming over the heads of 99% of the audience. Crockett is actually warning the Mexican' that they are killing someone who is very important.

Per Mysanantonio.com : "Stephen Hardin, a professor of Texas and American history at Victoria College and a consultant for the film, explained the context of being a "screamer" in the 19th century.
"I don't think people are necessarily going to get this, but in the 19th century, being a screamer meant, 'I'm an important person, I'm a stud, I'm a person to be reckoned with,'" he explained. "It doesn't mean he's screaming like a girl."

31 posted on 04/11/2004 6:56:05 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish
Well, I happen to believe Hollywood had no such historical meaning as a motivation for the line. It was a laugh line. Any such connection was a completely unintended coincidence.

I certainly "have a clue" as to how Hollywood revises the courageous portrayal of American historical characters.

33 posted on 04/11/2004 7:03:27 AM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: commish
I'm one of the 99% who didn't know what a 'screamer' was. I do thank you for the explanation!
54 posted on 04/12/2004 12:35:22 AM PDT by WaterDragon
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