Who Do You Think You Are - Zoe Wanamaker (2/6)

[Neecy19]

The amazing legacy left by Mr. Wannamaker, vs the disgraceful blot on history left by McCarthy needs no further explanation.

Ms. Wannamaker is a brilliant actress, and as we can see, she comes by her gifts honestly. A great talent, and seems to be a lovely person as well..

[elo2468]

Oops, I meant 62, I pressed the wrong number on my iPod. Thank you!

[elo2468]

Thanks for uploading. Can you tell me when this episode was on tele, when was it shown? Hehe Zoe is great, I think she is an excellent actress in my family and she looks young for 63.

[ns2712ns]

@elo2468 Zoe is 62.

It was on the 18th March, 2009

[shtm93]

"I've been a fan for a long time!"

"Yeah yeah yeah."

xD

[MrSean677]

that must be so annoying knowing someone ratted on your father and know being able to find out who

[IrishEyes1989]

Could Zoe be more adorable? :)

"What does 'redacted' mean?"

"Taken out"

"Thank you"

LOL

[Macnatty]

my last name is McCarty. Even though there is no H in there I always cringe when people say it wrong. As an american this is one of the MANY times in our history that I am just ashamed of. All countries have their moments when they do things that are heartless and cruel but as an aspiring entertainer to just imagine being in her father's position frightens me. Even though this isnt an issue now, I still always dream of moving to England because I feel there creative expression is more accepted.

[Bahutsauvage]

Quite interresting piece of US history. Seems somehow America doesn't feel comfortabel without a common enemy, and if there isn't one, they simply create one.

[richiebabe24]

@Bahutsauvage - There is a long history of xenophobia in America and a perpetual paranoia that everything outside is an enemy. Even today, only 10% of Americans have a passport.

[cywyhot]

@richiebabe24 It used to be you could go to Mexico and Canada without a passport which is a tremendous amount of territory to explore and many cultures to appreciate. It's just the past couple years when a passport finally came into play with Canada. Travel abroad costs more. I hope that isn't a Brit accusing our heterogeneous culture of xenophobia! lol We are afraid of losing what we have. Not the same thing at all. Every group that comes here feels that way--you aren't taking mine from me.

[ker8]

@Bahutsauvage honestly i think part of it is, when there's a enemy who poses "great risk" to the country as a whole, it's easier to keep the citizens in line, not to mention they tend not to look at the government as closely; sorta like, "look who we're protecting you from, if we weren't in power none of you would be alive" type of a thing.

[cywyhot]

@Bahutsauvage In most cultures, in times of deep economic distress people become desperate and turn to a dictatorial authority figure to save them. In one time it was sacrificing virgins. In another it was chucking people into slave labor camps. For us in that particular era it was calling everyone a Communist. The lesson to be learned is it can happen anywhere to any nation. No one is immune. All are susceptible. Even you. Even me.

[cywyhot]

@cywyhot I should have added times of deep economic distress and social/political upheaval. Sorry. :) Basically, any era where people feel the secure ground under their feet is shifting and they are terrified of the consequences is when extremism becomes popular. Today might be included in that sort of era in many parts of the world.

[ozzyinny]

Thanks very much for uploading...but would it be possible to remove or move the 'created by' label? There are some great close-ups which are less great because they have the label square in the persons face.