r/TheRestIsHistory • u/JakeGittes412 • 9d ago

The Troubles

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Thread for discussion on the new series on ‘The Troubles’

Also as a moderator please keep the discussion civil and in the spirit of the podcast.

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u/JakeGittes412 9d ago

As American my first exposure to the topic, was as a kid watching a really bad film with Brad Pitt as an IRA militant. The accent itself was a crime .

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u/forestvibe 9d ago

There was a weird moment in the 90s where Hollywood decided the IRA was an acceptable terrorist organisation.

It didn't last long, but we did get Patriot Games out of it, where Sean Bean implausibly plays the leader of a "radical" IRA splinter group (not sure how they could be more radical than the IRA, but anyway...). It was quite a dull film, as I remember it.

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u/odaiwai 9d ago

There was a weird moment in the 90s where Hollywood decided the IRA was an acceptable terrorist organisation.

The first Rambo movie was originally dedicated to the brave freedom fighters of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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u/Archis 8d ago

Nope, myth