[lbo-talk] Golden age of satire?

[SergioL652 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/16/2004 12:27:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
carlremick at hotmail.com writes:
... While the movie leaves the illusion that it ridicules all sides equally, 
this is not the case. Just to recount the targets of ridicule here: anyone 
or anything that can be considered gay, and foreigners of any kind. By the 
conclusion, Hollywood liberals who criticize their government's foreign 
policy are gleefully decapitated, dismembered and demolished. Right-wing 
apologists, never mind George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, are unscathed.
As an aside, one of the two South Park/Team America guys (I believe Trey 
Parker) was interviewed by Terry Gross last week and I think he said that it was 
OK to make racist caricatures of Arabs and Kim Jong IL because they are our 
enemies.  Also in NPR (Studio 360, I believe) there was a feature on a satirical 
group that made a Chomsky/Zinn commentary in Lord of the Rings in which they 
see as an allegory of US imperialism.  That didn't bother me, some of it was 
quite funny ("Zinn" said Gandalf goes from Gandalf the Grey to Gandalf the 
White, what's up with that?) however, when they wanted to do the same for right 
wingers they chose Ann Coulter and Dinesh D'souza.  I also have heard many people 
comparing Michael Moore with Ann Coulter.  I cringe when I hear these 
comparisons.  I don't believe Zinn, Chomsky, et al. (OK maybe Michael Moore) are 
morally comparable with Ann Coulter, Dinesh D'souza etc.  What do you think?

Sergio
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