"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> If you look at the original color footage, from the attack on Pearl Harbor,
> you will see that the smoke does indeed look grainy. Probably a combination
> of the type of fuel creating the smoke and the nature of color film used at
> that time. Reality mimicking art or art mimicking reality?
>

Heh - I'm sure it's been discussed before, but it is certainly true that by
"awsum rolex" we generally mean "looks like a photograph", not "looks like
reality".

Probably one for o-t, but does the phrase "looks like reality" have any
verifiable meaning?

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