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Thread #21279 Message #228017
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
14-May-00 - 09:22 PM
Thread Name: Is Braveheart's authentic celtic music ?
Subject: RE: Is Braveheart's authentic celtic music ?
Only too true; Hollywood does have some very odd ideas -presumably because the people who make the films can't be bothered to do the basic research, or would rather perpetuate misinformation because it's more profitable- about accents, music, and history. Even if the Pipes had been banned -presumably that quote was from Rob Roy, since at the time of Braveheart the English government had no jurisdiction in Scotland- it would have been by the government of both nations (one and the same thing at that time), not by "The English"; in fact, of course, no such ban ever happened. For details, see here.
Malcolm