Bicyles, War Rooms, and Breakfast at Tiffany's

Sometimes, movies can make things seem so REAL.

There are people who, on a trip to NYC, expect to find that breakfast is served at Tiffany's.

There are people who ask to see the basement at Alamo. Hoping to find Pee Wee's red bike there, perchance? There are actually signs posted to remind that the Alamo is site where a lot of people died. (In other words, don't ask about the bike!)

And then there is the story (or, urban legend?) of the newly-elected President Ronald Reagan... who, during a tour of the White House, asked to see the War Room; only to be disappointed when he was informed that such a room does NOT exist. (Maybe Reagan could have had Stanley Kubrick design a War Room while he was in office, and get Peter Sellars to play the part of Dr. Strangelove.)

Yes, Hollywood can be pretty persuasive.

However, who was it that said that you can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time?...

[Photo courtesy of cpmanda]