Have you ever been exasperated at the stupid plot-turns, complete fabrications or over the top absurdities of a movie, turned to someone and said ‘that’s never happen,’ only to be told ‘it’s only a movie?’ Well, maybe someone needs to do that to the whole of Iran because, apparently, they’re up in arms about the portrayal of the Persian king Xerxes and his army in the recently released 300. They’re talking of banning the film even though it’s only available on pirate DVD at the moment (oh how the MPAA will be stirring, they’ll probably invade on their own). It’s not the first film to annoy the Iranians either:
It is not the first Hollywood production to cause upset in Iran. There was widespread anger over the favourable portrayal of Alexander the Great in the 2004 film, Alexander. The Macedonian king is reviled in Iranian culture for destroying the seat of Persian imperial greatness at Persepolis after defeating Emperor Darius III in 330BC.
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