https://popculturereferences.com/whats-your-favorite-film-about-patriotism-in-the-united-states/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:46:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://popculturereferences.com/whats-your-favorite-film-about-patriotism-in-the-united-states/#comment-12566 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:46:36 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5171#comment-12566 The Manchurian Candidate where The Enemy Within is killed by his own patriotism and eulogized eloquently by Frank Sinatra in a muttered speech which nobody will hear. No deus ex machina Claude Rains conversion to provide a happy ending. They give everything to save their country.

]]> https://popculturereferences.com/whats-your-favorite-film-about-patriotism-in-the-united-states/#comment-10914 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 12:47:14 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5171#comment-10914 1776. It conveys how controversial independence was, even among the Founding Fathers’ generation and what a radical step it was.

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