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[ From: Maggie in Perth, Australia ] [ Re: CHICKEN RUN ] > Sorry to sound like a broken record but critics are well on > the way to labelling this movie as a concentration camp sa- > tire which is quite wrong. It is a satire of British POW > movies, a very different thing. Of course, it is true that > chickens at a chicken farm are in the same position as con- > centration camp victims but this is underplayed. [ Excellent observation! And, frankly, an important distinc- tion that I failed to make. I'll update my Web-posted copy accordingly. ] > BTW, I have always liked your reviews. It was only a very > minor whinge (good Aussie word for complaints as in "whing- > ing Poms"). [ Like the Yank term "bellyache?" ] Copyright 2000 by Michael J. Legeros Movie Hell is a trademark of Michael J. Legeros