[lbo-talk] Domino

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Speaking of Hollywood films full of gratuitous nudity (more Edgar  
Ramirez's than Keira Knightly's) and violence (among other things, a  
right arm gets removed thanks to poor cell phone reception).  The  
film's strength is that it pretends to NO socially redeeming virtues  
AT ALL.  And yet, the movie stands out in two respects: in it occurs  
redistribution of wealth from rich white guys (gangster casino  
capitalists) to poor Blacks and Afghans, who do not pay for the crime  
of stealing the loot from criminals (which is a rare event in  
Hollywood cinema -- crimes abound in Hollywood films, but they  
usually come with a moral that "crime doesn't pay"); and it is the  
first (and probably the last) Hollywood film in which an Afghan IED  
expert turned suicide bomber (who steals from the mob, gives to  
Afghan children, and blows up many white guys along with himself) is  
portrayed positively.

Yoshie Furuhashi
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