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* RootingForTheEmpire: Some anti-authoritarian/anti-police viewers as well as pagan-leaning people can root for Summer isle instead of Howie, especially due to the latter's {{jerkass}} demeanor.
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* CommonKnowledge: Many reviews and synopsises of the film describe human sacrifices on Summerisle as being a frequent or annual practice. In the film itself, it is said that this is the first time in the island's history that a human sacrifice has been required.
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* AwardSnub: The film received no BAFTA nominations despite now being regarded as one of the best British films ever made.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: As time has passed and Howie has come to look more like a religious bigot abusing his power (see ValuesDissonance below), it has become harder for viewers to see Howie as the hero he's intended to be, to the point that some audiences mistake the movie's conflict for GreyAndGrayMorality.
* ValuesDissonance: Howie was a fairly standard Uptight Authority Figure in the 70s, perhaps a bit more loudly Christian than most. In the Twenty-First Century, he comes off as a religious bigot willing to use his law enforcement powers to force his own religion on others.
* ValuesDissonance: Howie was a fairly standard Uptight Authority Figure in the 70s, perhaps a bit more loudly Christian than most. In the Twenty-First Century, he comes off as a religious bigot willing to use his law enforcement powers to force his own religion on others.
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(But: the lyric also calls him "Johnny, my jo", and that's an old Scottish term of endearment equivalent to "my dear/darling". Robert Burns used it, even.)
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(But: the lyric also calls him "Johnny, my jo", and that's an old Scottish term of endearment equivalent to "my dear/darling". Robert Burns used it, even.)
