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== Film ==

* ''[[Braveheart]]'', portraying William Wallace and the Scots as strong [[Closer to Earth|earthly]] [[Noble Savage|noble]] types, and the English as [[Complete Monster|complete monsters]] who all have perms.

* ''[[~~The Godfather (Film)|~~The Godfather]]'' has often been accused of romanticizing the Mafia (not the violent parts, but other parts of the movies).

* ''[[The Godfather]]'' has often been accused of romanticizing the Mafia (not the violent parts, but other parts of the movies).

** ''[[Goodfellas]]'' and ''[[Casino]]'' could be [[Deconstruction|deconstructions]] of this kind of portrayal.

** For that matter, ''Godfather Part II'' was a pretty thorough [[Deconstruction]] of the notion of Mafioso-as-hero. {{spoiler|Vito never chose to be a gangster, but was forced into it and never wanted his sons to follow him. Michael's criminal actions cost him his family. At the end of the first movie it's possible to see Michael Corleone as a hero: by the end of the second he's merely a ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|coglione]]''.}}

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== Literature ==

* ''[[Gone ~~With~~ the Wind]]'', especially the film, romanticizes the antebellum United States South. For that matter, just about every form of media regarding that era made in the South, due to [[Enforced Trope|many people in the South not being that far removed from the War or Reconstruction]]).

* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', especially the film, romanticizes the antebellum United States South. For that matter, just about every form of media regarding that era made in the South, due to [[Enforced Trope|many people in the South not being that far removed from the War or Reconstruction]]).

** [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'', and, to an even greater extent, ''Adventures of Huck Finn'', are the work of an author trying to reconcile his nostalgia for the old South with his knowledge that slavery is bad.

** ''[[A Rose for Emily]]'' is a particularly disturbing allegorical [[Deconstruction]] of this trope being applied to the antebellum southern US.