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In response to Jeramy Poulin's muse about movies shown to troops in combat, it occurs to me that an audience study might interestingly be conducted around veteran responses to morale boosters in a range of conflict settings. Given the uncomplicated propaganda offerings that soldiers have traditionally been confronted with, instances from a war as complicated in its reception as Vietnam would be especially worth exploring, I should have thought. Given too the increasing sophistication of audiences, this project would probably yield some unexpected responses. I wonder what WW1 veterans had to sit through? And what did they make of it? More immediately, what will soldiers be watching over the next few weeks? Three Kings? Or The Wind and the Lion? Richard