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:*The article is a nice read, and appears well-sourced and worded. Can't think of much to improve, although I admit as a film buff, I'd be intrigued by more detail about the production, which companies aired it, who exactly funded and produced the film, and such things. I think the hook is a nice start but strained in wording. For example, it is strange to compare a nation to a city. Brainstorming, here are some alternatives:
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::*"that Exxon's 1956 propaganda film ''Assignment: Venezuela'' sought to convince American oil workers that Venezuela, then controlled by the anti-capitalist military dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez, had embraced the American way of life?"
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::*"that the 1956 propaganda film ''Assignment: Venezuela'' was shown to American oil workers to entice them to move to Venezuela?"
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::*'"that to convince Americans to move to Venezuela as workers in the country's burgeoning oil industry, the 1956 propaganda film ''Assignment: Venezuela'' focused on the similarities between America and Venezuela?"
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::*"that the 1956 propaganda film ''Assignment: Venezuela'', shown to American oil workers to convince them to move to Venezuela, was later spoofed by ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''?"
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[[Special:Contributions/47.185.218.146|47.185.218.146]] ([[User talk:47.185.218.146|talk]]) 18:34, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
  
 
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Revision as of 18:34, 20 June 2019

Assignment: Venezuela

  • ... that 1956 propaganda film Assignment: Venezuela tries to convince prospective American workers both that Venezuela is like a modern US city and to be sympathetic to the differences in Venezuelan culture? Source: two, in article under Analysis

Created by Kingsif (talk). Self-nominated at 02:13, 18 June 2019 (UTC).

  • The article is a nice read, and appears well-sourced and worded. Can't think of much to improve, although I admit as a film buff, I'd be intrigued by more detail about the production, which companies aired it, who exactly funded and produced the film, and such things. I think the hook is a nice start but strained in wording. For example, it is strange to compare a nation to a city. Brainstorming, here are some alternatives:
  • "that Exxon's 1956 propaganda film Assignment: Venezuela sought to convince American oil workers that Venezuela, then controlled by the anti-capitalist military dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez, had embraced the American way of life?"
  • "that the 1956 propaganda film Assignment: Venezuela was shown to American oil workers to entice them to move to Venezuela?"
  • '"that to convince Americans to move to Venezuela as workers in the country's burgeoning oil industry, the 1956 propaganda film Assignment: Venezuela focused on the similarities between America and Venezuela?"
  • "that the 1956 propaganda film Assignment: Venezuela, shown to American oil workers to convince them to move to Venezuela, was later spoofed by Mystery Science Theater 3000?"

47.185.218.146 (talk) 18:34, 20 June 2019 (UTC)