Milk and Honey (musical) for a project about Israel he hoped to mount on Broadway. He sent Herman and Appell there to absorb the culture and hopefully find inspiration. Herman was determined that the musical not be a patriotic love letter. Herman said: “We were there to soak up the atmosphere...Once we saw this group of little old lady tourists rummaging about, we knew that they had to be in our show.” Herman explained that "Everything about this place is not perfect. I had already written the song called "Milk and Honey" as a kind of an anthem, and I said, ... 'I have
In the Land of Blood and Honey like nobody had enough courage to tell Angelina that during the making of the film". In the Serbian media, the film received more negative reviews, arguing that the film ignored Serbian war victims and unfairly presented Serbs as evildoers. Some critics went as far as calling it a "propaganda film." By March 8, 2012, the film had recorded domestic box office sales of $308,877. The film has received generally mixed reviews. On June 19, 2013, the aggregate film review website Rotten Tomatoes showed that, based on 78 reviews, "In the Land of Blood and Honey" received a positive response from