The Sapphires
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Dave: Can you do it blacker?

Dave: Country and western music is about loss. Soul music is also about loss. But the difference is in country and western music they've lost, they've given up, they're just at home whining about it. In soul music they're struggling to get it back and they haven't given up. Every note that passes through your lips should have the tone of a woman who's grasping and fighting and desperate to retrieve what's been taken from her.

Dave: Before we go than, girls when I met you you were doing all country and western thing and that's fine we all make mistakes. But here is what we learn from that mistake. Country and western music is about loss. Soul music is also about loss. But the difference is in country and western music, they've lost, they've given up and they are just all wining about it. In soul music they are struggling to get it back, they haven't given up.

Factual error: The scene where the wounded soldier in the helicopter makes racist comments and refuses aid is unbelievable. By the time the soldier had got through training, he would have already been exposed to non-white medical personnel, and been kicked out of the service for his attitude long before being on an evacuation flight in Vietnam. Also, the officers in the helicopter crew would have ordered him to knock it off and accept treatment.

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