"Dennis L" <dsl@spry-net.com> wrote in message news:45eb1da4.3086323@news.earthlink.net... Alas, it appears that this otherwise excellent version of the "Robin Hood" legend will be a vehicle to perpetuate feelings of inferiority in boys who will not grow as tall as their peers. Another generation will be brainwashed with the idea that short men should defer to their tall peers, and
Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote: Dennis L wrote: In the BBC America series, Robin has a sidekick who is no older and no less attractive than Robin but is noticeably shorter. And the sidekick consistenly refers to the taller Robin as his "master" and, near the beginning of the first episode, is saved from capture by the sheriff's men only through Robin's quick thinking.
I greeted BBC America's announcement of a new "Robin Hood" series from England with some trepidation. Roughly 20 years ago, when I bought my first VCR, the second program I recorded on it was that Showtime import -- Harlech TV's version of Robin Hood, esoteric and "New Age" (with Clannad providing the opening theme: "RAH-bn ... the hooded man"). The new series on BBC America isn't as tiring
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNjcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwMDIwODUmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 When Robin and his Merry Men roamed Fort Lee Sunday, October 8, 2006 By Jim Beckerman STAFF WRITER He robs from Bergen County's rich to give to Bergen County's poor. Errol Flynn? No. Kevin Costner? Guess again. Actually, it's
(I only stole the legendary names to give some kind of quick indicator of the direction I am going...also so I would not have to mangle "stewartconnor" spellings up trying to extend my crossposting limits... but thanks... if ALL people dont start realizing that the real terrorists are the ones currently in the Whitehouse trying to turn society back to the days of "Feudalism" then we are all doomed
