NVL - Historicism

David Casseres casseres at apple.com
Wed Jan 13 19:16:01 CST 1999


Spencer Thiel sez
>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Peter Petto wrote: (quoting The Economist)
>
>> A few years ago,
>> Hollywood marketed Alan Bennett’s play, “The Madness of George III”, as “The
>> Madness of King George” in case audiences got the idea they had missed
>>parts I
>> and II.
>
>Little bit of LA bashing eh?  Too bad that this film wasn't marketed by
>Hollywood.  It was produced by Channel Four Films in the UK.  Ironic that
>this is an article about historical revisionism.

But it was distributed in the U.S. under the revised title.  I don't know
who decided on that, but I bet it was Americans.
Cheers,
David



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