“Everything the Left touches, it destroys”
— Dennis Prager
To add a corollary: everything modern, left-infused culture touches, it also destroys.
For a variety of reasons, Cyrano De Bergerac was one of the bits of literature I grew up positively steeped in. I won’t say Dad – a speech, writing and literature teacher – was obsessed, per se, with the De Rostand book and the many theatrical and film versions that’ve appeared over the years (Jose Ferrer’s version was a particular favorite, especially once we got a VHS) being fairly constant fare at the Berg house.
And if you’re not familiar, it’s a pretty brilliant concept. I won’t spoil it; it’s most accessible version to Americans maybe the 1987 Steve Martin version ,Roxanne, which is as 1980’s a Steve Martin comedy as you can think of, but I think is an underrated adaptation…
…that stayed fairly faithful to the concept of the original story.
Which is more than we can say for what Woke Hollywood’s done with it.
If they decide to do a “woke” remake of Casablanca or It’s a Wonderful Life or Best Years of our Lives…
Oh, I fear I’ve already said too much…
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