Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
9/11 movies, anti-war protests, and "illegal" humans
With the recent release of United 93, the full-blown commodification of 9/11 has begun in earnest. Most telling about the debates and discussion surrounding this politically sterile film is the omnipresent question: “Is it too soon?” Only a nation sufficiently insulated from the impact of its policies can indulge in such a concern. Forty people died on the doomed United Flight 93. With all due respect, that’s a typical Wednesday in Iraq. Thus, I wonder: Is it too soon for a movie about Fallujah? What about the U.S.-enforced sanctions that killed a half-million Iraqi children under the age of five? Creative Iraqis might consider making films on such topics but well...they’ve got other pressing matters to deal with at the moment. No hand wringing in Baghdad over the issue of too much, too soon.
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Lou Reed sez:
Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor; I’ll piss on ’em
That’s what the statue of bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, let’s club ’em to death
And get it over with and just dump ’em on the boulevard
(from “Dirty Blvd.")
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