Well, doesn't time tend to heap ironies on us all? A decade later, when we heard that Costner would actually star in The Postman, we were thrilled. What could I say in response, except "Honey, we'd never be that lucky!" Of course she meant Kevin Costner - her choice as the right man to portray Gordon, the hero of my novel. As we emerged, she turned to me and said, "That's him. Years ago, about the same time that studios were bidding for The Postman, my wife Cheryl and I went to a screening of Field of Dreams. Indeed, word now percolates out of the former Soviet Asian steppes - from Kzakhstan and Uzbekistan - that The Postman movie and book have been embraced as powerful symbols by pro-democracy activists! Anyone who can confirm this, first hand, is welcome to write in and let us know more. and with it, perhaps, some respect for the message of The Postman. Still, the notion that America might stand for something is slowly coming back. (An attitude that harmed any chance of the picture for success.) Alas, patriotism has also been politicized - with one side absurdly claiming a monopoly on the notion, while the other side falls for this nonsense. there appears to be slight relenting from the nineties notion that patriotism is sappy. especially in the wake of the terror attacks of 9/11/01.
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