Battle brews in Normandy over plans to commemorate D-Day landings
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Set in an 800-seat theater that would move between sets, the show, titled "Homage to Heroes," would incorporate live actors and archival footage.The organizers behind the project estimate that it could attract as many as 600,000 tourists a year and plan for it to open in time for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in 2024."We asked ourselves, 'How can we make some sort of legacy for our kids first to remember what happened in Normandy during World War Two?' Today you can find movies, TV shows and books about the war, but there is no show telling the story of these men," said Roberto Ciurleo, one of three co-producers on the project."Homage to Heroes" will bring together the masses of archival material available from the war and use "new tools to reach out to the younger generation in a language they understand," Ciurleo said.But a French veteran who fought in Normandy say the theater experience would be disrespectful to those who fought and died there."The war is not a show.
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