Episode 89 - The Patriot

German filmmaker Roland Emmerich's second ultra-jingoistic movie
about American independence, "The Patriot," plays a lot like an
unofficial remake to Gibson's 1995 masterpiece "Braveheart," but
without the whole being a good movie thing.


Mel Gibson plays a hatchet-wielding maniac named Benjamin Martin
who uses the death of his son and the Revolutionary War as
excuses to savagely butcher his victims without facing
consequences. He also enters into a sexual relationship with his
recently deceased wife's sister (played by Joely Richardson) who
is willing to look the other way at his evil behavior.


Heath Ledger plays Mel Gibson’s oldest son who enlists in the
Continental Army against his father's wishes. Then, when gets
wounded in the line of duty, he takes refuge at his family's
plantation, which ends up leading to the death of his 15-year-old
brother who oddly still plays with toys.


Join us as we discuss why the movie insists that slavery barely
existed in South Carolina back then, the transformation of racist
Donal Logue and the decision to gather up the entire town of
people that they made us care about and then burn them alive.


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This episode is sponsored by the City of Austin's proposed name
change.


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