[net.politics] TDA and the East

berman@ihuxm.UUCP (Andy Berman) (12/20/83)

Contrary to the predictions of many on the net that NEVER, NEVER would
the Eastern bloc allow a film such as "The Day After" to be shown
to their peoples, we read today (NY Times, 12/20/83, page 3):
     
     "'The Day After', the ABC-TV film about the aftermath of
      nuclear war, is scheduled to be broadcast on national
      television in Poland tonite...

      In addition, Mr. Kalish [of ABC Marketing] said that
      representatives of Soviet television has asked for
      copies of the film...   

     Television officials in Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia have also
     askeds for copies of the film to review for possible
     broadcast..."

Now I'm sure someone will come up with some Krazy Konspiracy theory
on why the Evil Ruskies are doing this.  Someone out their in netland will
"prove" that it is all a tricky, diabolical plot, etc. etc.

I personally think that there is one straightforward conclusion to
be drawn however: the Eastern bloc nations are not at all afraid
of impressing on their people the absolute horror of nuclear
war.

In view of the Reagan regime's P.R. efforts to counter the
effects of the film, can we say the same about our own current
Administration?

                   Andy Berman

emjej@uokvax.UUCP (12/31/83)

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uokvax!emjej    Dec 27 20:16:00 1983

Gee, it *does* seem rather silly to suppose that Communist countries
wouldn't broadcast *The Day After*; American films that depict the
worse parts of American life are shown in the USSR, I believe.

What I'd like to see is a comparison between the dialogue in the
American and the foreign version from someone who is bilingual and sees
both versions. (I doubt that I'll ever see such a thing.)

						James Jones