The Hollywood-Hitler-Spielberg Con

[MASCARO at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU]

Mon, 10 Jun 1996 17:05:11 -0400 (EDT) davemarc wrote to hag:

>I suggest being more careful about distinguishing between propagandizing a
>la Goebbels and directing/producing a la Spielberg.
>
>davemarc

My question:

Is davemarc threatening our blunt-spoken hag for daring to tell--truthfully--that 
Spielberg is a master of filmic propaganda techniques--esp. the manipulation of 
myths and images of childhood danger for gratuitous scary effects (different, 
qualitatively, from, say, Stephen King's much more honest use of childhood 
terror).  

There's a sinister chill to that "I suggest  . . ." (which I'm sure davemarc didn't 
mean to sound quite so sinister)

john m