Interesting Times (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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Terry writes:

“During WWII Hollywood obviously made a lot of gung-ho war movies. But… who could play the Japanese? The Japanese in the US were banged up in holiday camps in Death Valley or someplace. So the producers roped in anyone who ‘looked Japanese’ — mainly Koreans, the story runs. The actors didn’t really have lines since their job was, basically, to be shot by John Wayne. In order to give them something ‘Japanese sounding’ to say, some genius suggested they shout, very fast, “I tie your shoe, you tie my shoe”…

I’ve never dared check by watching the actual movies…”