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Podcast: The Latecomers
Episode: Black Hawk Down (2001) #26 of 50
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Free Palestine
It’s time to watch a military debacle with Jerry Bruckhaimer and Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. How many helicopters does it take to complete a mission successfully? Two more than they had apparently. We spend some time talking about media and propaganda and the merits of telling a “true story” as well as the merits of American exceptionalism. Also, a game of name the white guy.
You can see the cause of my distress over the reality of this movie here: https://web.archive.org/web/20160924142751/https://www.blairwitch.com/project/main.html
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