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From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: The Emerald Forest - how based-on-truth is it?
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 19:47:26 EDT
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Summary: 

My wife remarked upon the fact that at the beginning it said "Based on a true
story", while at the end, it said the usual "Any resemblance...is purely
coincidental".  Just goes to show you how much meaning the words "based on"
convey anymore--almost none, it would seem.

It is quite nice to see a movie where, when the girls take off their shirts,
you feel like they are more decent, not less.  It's refreshing to see a
film that can actually make you see things from another cultural perspective
without giving you that bludgeoned feeling of purposefully-induced culture
shock.

By the way, what are "lightening sticks"?  Helium-filled bamboo?

Larry Wall
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