[lbo-talk] Lysistrata's Twangy Remake - Not a Strike, but a Lockout

Gar Lipow the.typo.boy at gmail.com
Wed May 9 13:18:03 PDT 2007


On 5/9/07, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
> It's definitely anti-war. (In the sense of wanting to end the war in
> Iraq and bring the troops home, not necessarily in the sense of
> opposing all wars at all times in all places.)
>
> I had an extended correspondence with the people who made the video. I
> don't think there can be any reasonable question about their intent.
> (I realize that pomos believe in the death of the author, but I
> don't.)
>
> Sorry for the delayed response. I missed this the first time around.

I definitely got anti-war out of it. I also got a certain amount racism out of it. "Shoot me like a Sunni!". But maybe I'm misreading.



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