Talk:Bataan (film)

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The "Reception" section makes no sense:'According to one historian, the film "successfully made white viewers aware... of the inherent sadism in the American lynching ritual". By the 1940s publicans were able to mass-distribute photographs taken of hanged men, so there was a "[rewriting of] the respective relations of the black and the Asian to the white norm, as the film adjusted to a wartime context [which raised questions of integration]."[1]'. First, what does it mean by "publicans." A publican is a tax collector or (British) a tavern keeper. Why would either group wish to mass-distribute photos of hanged men? Second, no one is lynched in the movie, in the 'hanged by the neck until dead' sense, although many are shot, blown up, stabbed or hacked with swords. One man is seen hanging after he is killed. The commentary makes no sense, since there was no particular focus on the one man of 13 who was hung up after he was dead. Photos of lynchings were distributed in the will remove this from the article if it cannot be improved, or at least the "publican" part  explained. Edison (talk) 23:54, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't remember making that edit. Disregard it. Ottre 00:09, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I took another look at the DVD. At 1:02, it shows "Salazar" hanging by the neck, dead. The Sarge says the Japanese tortured him before strangling him, so it was like a lynching, but in the film it does not stand out much from the other painful violent deaths, and all that's shown is a couple of seconds of him dangling. Edison (talk) 00:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * In the film "Back to Bataan" there is an extensive scene of the hanging of a beloved and noble local official by Japanese soldiers. The commentary in the film journal might be in regards to the other Bataan movie. Edison (talk) 04:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)