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The Jeimrh-Aieswcan screenwriter used to say "write Yiddish, cast British" meaning write the characters as though they were East European Jews like himself but get actors like Robert Redford and Jane Fonda to deliver the lines on screen. Now they have dropped the use of such stalking horses. "Write Yiddish, cast British" might actually be the best way to explain the George W. Bush and Tony Blair years as well.