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Thread #89582   Message #1692043
Posted By: Scoville
13-Mar-06 - 10:47 AM
Thread Name: guitar anachronisms
Subject: RE: guitar anachronisms
I'm with Jeremiah on this one. I see the anachronisms and they either drive me nuts or strike me as hilarious, but I keep my mouth shut until I'm around people who are like-minded. My friends don't really care, so why spoil the movie? My brother cares very, very, much, so he and I can kvetch about it all we want without worrying about hurting somebody's feelings. I was afraid he and his reenactor buddies wouldn't survive when the PBS Civil War thing came on and suddenly everyone was humming that good old Civil War tune, "Ashokan Farewell". You want to piss off a Civil War musician? Request that. It's possibly more dangerous than asking a roots bluegrass man for "Rocky Top".

I've seen enough old Westerns with women in teased bangs, Gunne Sax, or even pants, to let a lot of it go unless I see somebody who is actually in danger of trying to use the movie for research.