Message: 5
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:00:43 EDT
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re:History Channel
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In a message dated 7/27/2006 12:44:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It saddens me that things like this get promoted as "Grade A" work...NEW
REFRESHING EXCITING. and it's just not. The potential for good costumes and
interesting writing and accurate history exists.
And that is the issue, I think. The War of 1812 production on the History
Channel was a little disappointing, too--not really awful, but just not as
good as I was expecting. With the resources of the History Channel, and the
Ph.D. historian consultants they tout, and of course their advertising, we
expect everything to be top notch!
Ann Wass
Usually I dont' take exception to anything the History Channel does, much
like simplicity and other main-stream historical patterns, it gets people
interested in in stuff ...history/costumes/historic dressing.
Some people stay at that Costume/History Channel level, but it hooks some
others and they go onto details of History beyond the Modren Marvels or 18c
cent beyond the bicentennial look. Like most addicts, I love to see other
people turned on by what I'm addicted to
I just wish there were some way of identifing the different levels, and I
probably shouldn't worry about that, because most of the people I talk to, seem
to have a somewhat discerning eye for the difference between a "Farby Barbie"
and a well researched garment
Plus which nobody would watch if they said it was "just for entertainment" or
"here's a ripping yarn" or something along those lines. Though the pattern
companies seem to be able to deal with it intellegently and sincerely, with
Halloween Costumes vs. Costume Historian lines and reenactor suitable vs.
fantasy garments pretty clearly identified.
Your e-corespondent, Ranting thinking Mia in Hot HOT Charlotte (though not as
bad as California right now...but our air is worse!)
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