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The coolest thing about this question is that I'm learning all kinds of stuff about Africa's political history that I never knew before. It's very cool. Although I thought this would be an easy one, it's starting to seem that this is the toughest one I've asked yet.
I'll say it again though, that every part of the question is important in some way, and that there is only one answer that fully addresses each part of the question.
Another hint is that the answer to this question is very similar in structure to my previous questions - y'know - all these different people, what ties them together?
Remember, every part of the question is important, right down to the grammar.
[quote name='user']I don't think he's in the habit of giving nods, Logan...in fact I'm starting to enjoy how elusive our quizmaster is with his replies
while I'm stumped, T_C, here's another amusing connection I thought of while flipping through my DVD collection last night. I'm pretty sure this isn't what you're looking for, but it's a nice bit of trivia that fits the question...
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein are the Pullitzer Prize winning Washington Post reporters who collaborated on the book All the President's Men, a fictionalized account of the Watergate scandal. After the release of the movie version featuring Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman (respectively), many people referred to the reporters as the singular "Woodstein" (which would be a 20th century reporter).
now a lesser known fact about the film is that the Publications Control Board of South Africa nearly banned it. they demanded dozens of bizarre cuts be made before it could be approved for wide release. this really pissed Redford off, and he supposedly threatened the SA government with a Hollywood boycott of ALL South African theaters for films made by American directors/producers. the movie ended up being released, unedited...
This was 1976; and, as we know now, the South African apartheid government was deep in the midst of its information scandal (SA equivalent to Watergate), the result of which caused Prime Minister John Vorster to resign in '78, being replaced by Botha, the Chief of Army. Regarding the censures, SA's apartheid regime didn't want to risk the public seeing the movie uncut and go on to investigate the administration in their own country, thus exposing the corruption amidst Department of Information (which is precisely what happened).
anyway, goodluck to everyone else, and kudos to whomever solves this puppy...hope you manage to get it before 9PM tonight![/quote]
I'll say it again though, that every part of the question is important in some way, and that there is only one answer that fully addresses each part of the question.
Another hint is that the answer to this question is very similar in structure to my previous questions - y'know - all these different people, what ties them together?
Remember, every part of the question is important, right down to the grammar.
[quote name='user']I don't think he's in the habit of giving nods, Logan...in fact I'm starting to enjoy how elusive our quizmaster is with his replies
while I'm stumped, T_C, here's another amusing connection I thought of while flipping through my DVD collection last night. I'm pretty sure this isn't what you're looking for, but it's a nice bit of trivia that fits the question...
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein are the Pullitzer Prize winning Washington Post reporters who collaborated on the book All the President's Men, a fictionalized account of the Watergate scandal. After the release of the movie version featuring Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman (respectively), many people referred to the reporters as the singular "Woodstein" (which would be a 20th century reporter).
now a lesser known fact about the film is that the Publications Control Board of South Africa nearly banned it. they demanded dozens of bizarre cuts be made before it could be approved for wide release. this really pissed Redford off, and he supposedly threatened the SA government with a Hollywood boycott of ALL South African theaters for films made by American directors/producers. the movie ended up being released, unedited...
This was 1976; and, as we know now, the South African apartheid government was deep in the midst of its information scandal (SA equivalent to Watergate), the result of which caused Prime Minister John Vorster to resign in '78, being replaced by Botha, the Chief of Army. Regarding the censures, SA's apartheid regime didn't want to risk the public seeing the movie uncut and go on to investigate the administration in their own country, thus exposing the corruption amidst Department of Information (which is precisely what happened).
anyway, goodluck to everyone else, and kudos to whomever solves this puppy...hope you manage to get it before 9PM tonight![/quote]