[lbo-talk] Double Standard: Israel and Saudi Arabia

[snit snat]

But it was a film about why the BUSH administration went to war with Iraq, 
how it got the population to go along with it (prevariganda), and the 
consequences of that war for Iraqis and u.s.ers. It wasn't a documentary 
about the history of u.s.-saudi policy.

What is it with film/book reviews that insist on a film/book the creator 
didn't intend?

There's a photo of Moore with a board next to him. Tacked to it are colored 
sheets of paper labeled with each major scene of the movie. Yoshie's 
storyboard would probably require the frickin' Vietnam Veteran's 
memorial--both sides. The film would open in 10 theaters. After sitting 
through 10 hrs (free toothpicks with each ticket purchase) all 9 faithful 
viewers would stumble out of the theaters, blink in the early morning 
light, and wonder, "wuh? whaddoo I do next?"

kelley


>>To conclude, Fahrenheit 9/11, a fascinating populist work of art, at 
>>times falls for conspiracy theory, not because Moore doesn't know any 
>>better, but because he has skeletons in the closet -- not his own 
>>skeletons, but the Democratic Party's.

"We're in a fucking stagmire."

       --Little Carmine, 'The Sopranos'