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Hollywood is an institution of lies, and with that in mind, I should not have been surprised that I was boondoggled by its wares, but I was. Primeval was marketed as a killer croc crunchfest, and that is what I expected. What I got was a crash course in African politics and a heaping, nasty dollop of Ameri-centric flag-waving.
I have long known that the U.S. is the most arrogant, self-involved nation on the planet, and I have bought into that arrogance more than once. It's my piece of dirt, after all, and if you can't love the land that nursed you, you can love none. However, the level of chest-thumping and self-congratulation on display was staggering. There wasn't an attempt to soften it. It was gaudy and unwholesome, and its presence was often clumsy.
( Primeval: Politics and Major SPOILERS )
I have long known that the U.S. is the most arrogant, self-involved nation on the planet, and I have bought into that arrogance more than once. It's my piece of dirt, after all, and if you can't love the land that nursed you, you can love none. However, the level of chest-thumping and self-congratulation on display was staggering. There wasn't an attempt to soften it. It was gaudy and unwholesome, and its presence was often clumsy.
( Primeval: Politics and Major SPOILERS )
