Re:Jeff Lawson Buys The Onion
by serf on Friday April 26, 2024 @10:22AM
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what does it tell?
the only thing it tells me is that time moves forward and a 70+ year old Vietnam veteran can't fit the role.
if you're saying that it indicates that the conflicts had a large impact, I would argue that actually it's because the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts lasted a long time and had an impact on Americans specifically, and Americans specifically have a large impact on television/movies/media.
Go ask Albanians and Serbs about their 'tiny intervention'.
The Americans lost 4500 in Iraq and 2400 in Afghanistan.
10000ish were killed in the Kosovo War, and 200,000 people ( at least ) were displaced.
Now, this pales in comparison to the casualties of the two hosting countries.. but I doubt we're talking about movies and media that feature veterans of the Iraq war from that side of the conflict.
the only thing it tells me is that time moves forward and a 70+ year old Vietnam veteran can't fit the role.
if you're saying that it indicates that the conflicts had a large impact, I would argue that actually it's because the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts lasted a long time and had an impact on Americans specifically, and Americans specifically have a large impact on television/movies/media.
Go ask Albanians and Serbs about their 'tiny intervention'.
The Americans lost 4500 in Iraq and 2400 in Afghanistan.
10000ish were killed in the Kosovo War, and 200,000 people ( at least ) were displaced.
Now, this pales in comparison to the casualties of the two hosting countries.. but I doubt we're talking about movies and media that feature veterans of the Iraq war from that side of the conflict.