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I`ve been intrigued about the sudden rush (especially in film production circles) to change / rewrite / pull films already released, or are about to be released as they may be seen to have some sort of connection with recent events. I`d be interested to hear of anyone knows of some more extreme examples of this (apart from reshooting scenes that featured the World Trade Centre). And I have just received a joke through my email that sums up our newly terribly caring world....hope you enjoy it as much as I did :-)

A person belonging to an ethnic group whose members are commonly considered to have certain stereotypical mannerisms met another person belonging to a different ethnic group with a different set of imputed stereotypical mannerisms. The first person acted in a manner consistent with the stereotypes associated with his ethnic group, and proceeded to make a remark which might be considered to establish conclusively his membership in that group, whereupon his companion proceeded to make a remark with a double meaning, the first meaning of which could be interpreted to indicate his agreement with his companion, but the other meaning of which serves to corroborate his membership in his particular ethnic group.

The first person took offence at his remark, and reacted in a stereotypical way!

most extreme - relooping a line in ET where the mum refers to someone in a shopping mall as looking "like a terrorist"... sad innit

...and I can`t imagine `Wag the Dog` being on US TV for quite some time, if ever again.