[lbo-talk] Obama and the Cult of Personality

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Tue Jan 20 16:18:08 PST 2009


At 03:30 PM 1/20/2009, Michael Pollak wrote:


>a kind of Wizard
> of Oz-ish fizzy relief about George W. Bush's exit--as in Ding Dong,
> the Wicked Warlock is melting

To be replaced by the Wizard of Obama?


>Appearances are not deceiving, but extremely efficient. When Dorothy
>& Co discover The Wizard of Oz is actually an old man behind a
>curtain, they nonetheless expect him to work his magic. And so he
>does: the illusion persists. Says Zizek, 'There is something more
>real in the illusion than in the reality behind it.'
>

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3898330/Slavoj_Zizek_-_The_Pervert_s_Guide_to_Cinema_-_Lacanian_Psychoa



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