tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post766904322867489537..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: Common Decencies of Ordinary Men: Christmas Truce Part IIConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-1464873182565915632014-12-16T07:58:17.909-05:002014-12-16T07:58:17.909-05:00So glad you posted the link to Blackadder - I love...So glad you posted the link to Blackadder - I love the show, and although I've seen it before, this last "over-the-top" episode still gives me chills. Even Blackadder has generated controversy in this centenary year, most famously when education secretary Michael Gove attacked the show claiming "left-wing academics" were using Blackadder "to feed myths" about World War One. Check out this link --http://www.historyextra.com/feature/blackadder-bad-first-world-war-history<br /><br />It's a more thoughtful discussion by historians about the ways in which Blackadder is simply one retelling of the war that needs to be viewed as an interpretation. What's interesting to me is that there is little discussion of the ways in which all accounts of experience are interpretations, or that the war wasn't a monolithic event that was experienced in One Way. <br /><br />I like Blackadder Goes Forth, the Sainsbury Christmas Truce ad, the poetry of the Great War, the art of Paul Nash, and all the various ways in which we're invited to remember the war and discuss how we remember it. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-22460812065098651402014-12-15T12:03:30.465-05:002014-12-15T12:03:30.465-05:00Hi Connie
I am enjoying and learning from your bl...Hi Connie<br /><br />I am enjoying and learning from your blog. I'm certain you will have come across this already, however, I think, it stands repetition.<br /><br />Very best<br /><br />Richie<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3-Gt7mgyMRichie Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082943000308653348noreply@blogger.com