The Ancients Wouldn't Have Said "the KNOWN World", Would They ("Alexander"

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I really wanted to like "Alexander" because 1) I'm a knockover for anything about the Greeks/Romans and 2) I think Oliver STONE is one of us if for no other reason that the wingnuts hate him. That said--------

A couple of little things stuck out, when Alexander said something about conquering "the KNOWN world" and something about "Europe and Asia will come together some day."

The ancients only knew the world they knew, didn't they? They wouldn't have divided things into "known" and "not known", would they?

I liked lots about it, the reconstruction of the ancient scene, Angelina JOLIE's performance. But the length seemed to be longer than the 32 years, 11 months that A. LIVED.

On another note, the actor who played A., whassisname, has been popping in on every single talkshow venue. There's SURE to be a pecking order of venues, and it might seem that CBS's morning show is at the bottom of the list. I've never seen it, but there were two TOO treachly segments on the other channels and I was flipping, and there was the Alexander guy with (Harry SMITH?).

The Alex guy was clearly burned out from the circuit and very aware that this was the bottom of the basement. He was totally blase and got sarcastic/condescending to the unhip Mr SMITH. SMITH was regurgitating all the same questions everybody had already covered, and started with an actual summary of the real Alexander and said something about his having "conquered 90% of the known world." The actor looked at him with contempt for his boringness and said, "95%, actually, Harry." It was clear that the actor was being flip, and not clear that poor Harry got it.

At the end the actor said something about riding horses, that he had had a hobby horse as a child, then asked, "Did you have a hobby horse, Harry?" He said no. The guy said, "When is your birthday, Harry?" He answered. The guy said, "I'll make sure to get you one for your birthday. I still have mine."