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To: Lane3 who wrote (172362)	7/4/2006 12:40:55 PM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793688

That was just a throw away example off the top of my head, and I also saw potential problems with it. Wouldn't want to offend viewers in countries where dignity and man don't appear in the same thought. They would have gotten my respect and admiration (but probably not my money) if they had scrapped the entire sentence. It's pretty corny anyway. Skip that part completely. Come up with something clever that can be intoned in a deep voice while some heroic background is displayed. They get paid a lot of money to do stuff like that. And yes, I'm sure they will laugh all the way to the bank. ARS

To: Lane3 who wrote (172362)	7/4/2006 12:52:18 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793688

"The American Way" I think you are missing just how crucial this phrase is to the left. They just can't stomach it. It grates on them. Many of them would become physically ill if they had to get up and say it in public and appear to mean it. And then ask yourself why this simple little phrase does that to them.

To: Lane3 who wrote (172362)	7/4/2006 2:26:56 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793688

Read what the script writers thought. hollywoodreporter.com [Writers] Dougherty and Harris never even considered including “the American way” in their screenplay. After the wunderkind writing duo (”X2: X-Men United”) conceived “Superman’s” story with director Bryan Singer during a Hawaiian vacation, they penned their first draft together and intentionally omitted what they considered to be a loaded and antiquated expression. That decision stood throughout the 140-day shoot in Australia, where the pair remained on-set to provide revisions and tweaks. “We were always hesitant to include the term ‘American way’ because the meaning of that today is somewhat uncertain,” Ohio native Dougherty explains. “The ideal hasn’t changed. I think when people say ‘American way,’ they’re actually talking about what the ‘American way’ meant back in the ’40s and ’50s, which was something more noble and idealistic.” "American Way" - a loaded and antiquated phrase, a fallen ideal. Tell me that is not connected to a political viewpoint of the United States, conscious or not, and I'll call bull, Karen. Derek