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gunnut · 03-23-2007, 15:05 PM

You make valid points.

But if you look at the movie closely, you'll find the entire story was told from the perspective of that lone surviving Spartan at Thermopylae, one year later. He was telling a story to inspire his countrymen. Of course he's gonna exaggerate stuff a bit, like Xerxes was 8' tall and shoots lightning bolt out of his ass. Well, maybe not the lightning bolt part but you get the idea.

The exaggerations and the farcical depictions of the Persians make more sense if you can see from the point of the story teller.

It was not meant to demean the Persians from the perspective of the author. But it certainly was meant to dehumanize the Persians from the perspective of the Spartan story teller.

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gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 9,365 Country:	You make valid points. But if you look at the movie closely, you'll find the entire story was told from the perspective of that lone surviving Spartan at Thermopylae, one year later. He was telling a story to inspire his countrymen. Of course he's gonna exaggerate stuff a bit, like Xerxes was 8' tall and shoots lightning bolt out of his ass. Well, maybe not the lightning bolt part but you get the idea. The exaggerations and the farcical depictions of the Persians make more sense if you can see from the point of the story teller. It was not meant to demean the Persians from the perspective of the author. But it certainly was meant to dehumanize the Persians from the perspective of the Spartan story teller. __________________ "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.