about 300 the movie :

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In "300," Leonidas and his corps of body builders seem bent on keeping the world safe for homophobia. They deride the "boy lovers" from Athens, and well, has Xerxes ever been this gay? Actor Rodrigo Santoro, sprouting piercings from every orifice and tinted an appealing shade of oxblood for the occasion, vamps up a pretty good Grace Jones imitation.
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Although the Persians are portrayed as decadent, hookah-wielding slobs in "300," Herodotus emphasizes that they were, on measure, a well-mannered lot. The Persians never vomited, relieved themselves, nor broke wind in the presence of others. Can your civilization say that?

Alex Beam

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What ever it is, propaganda or simply "a movie" it's an orientational ugly lie.