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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Fiddle-laden fake trailer reignites debate about Hollywood’s Irish stereotypes

The spoof movie poster for Dear Erin
The spoof movie poster for Dear Erin. Photograph: Epic

A man in a bar with a flat cap, bloodied knuckles and a dreamy look lays down his whiskey and writes a letter. “Dear Erin,” he begins, and a soundtrack of fiddles swells as he yearns for his lost love in the distant land of America.

The trailer for the upcoming film – tagline: “she was the Irish goodbye he never forgot” – ran in recent weeks in cinemas and online and was accompanied by a poster showing green mountains, shamrocks and a rainbow.

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