Two towns with the same name, one in the United States and the other in Wales, can be quite different, as Simon's photos show:
After the Welsh Quakers left their homeland towards the end of the 17th century in search of religious and economic freedom, the new settlements founded in the Americas were often named after the settlers' point of origin. It was one familiar link in an otherwise strange new world, fostering a sense of community among the displaced. This practice continued into the 20th century, when Welsh miners crossed the Atlantic to develop the rich Pennsylvania coalfields.
Parallel Wales is the result of two weeks spent in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware in October 2005, visiting locations with Welsh namesakes. Many have, in the time since they were settled, become distinctly un-Welsh. Others have been abandoned altogether, simply becoming areas of wasteland.
You know, people in Hollywood are so full of themselves. They go and make films to be famous and then bitch when they get famous. Oh, poor Johnny Depp has millions of dollars and everyone loves him.
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Next time let your ghost writers handle it Tim.
It has a ring of an in-joke to it. Otherwise, the last bit makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
One would hope his writing has improved over the last 20 years, although he can't seem to progress in his filmmaking.