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Young Freud posted:Crain, you mention that you interpret that Eastwood/filmmakers toned down the jingoism and excised the more questionable stories from the book. This is reminding me a lot of the story with Lone Survivor, where Peter Berg tried to rein in the source material's exaggeration of Operation Red Wings done by the SEAL author. America Sniper and Lone Survivor (the books) were co-written by Tom Clancy wannabes. Which is why I have trouble taking passages like these... ... at face value. They showcase Kyle and Luttell as the Hardass Action Heroes they want to be seen as. And while I can imagine a real life person believing similar things, the way that these men's beliefs, and their actions, are communicated to the reader is in the language of pulpy shoot-em-up airport novels. High Warlord Zog fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Jan 22, 2015 |
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