Giant Paranoids (was Giant Adenoids)
MantaRay at aol.com
MantaRay at aol.com
Fri Oct 4 00:34:35 CDT 1996
Re:Re:Giant Paranoids
Wiesenburger's companion to GR asserts that some of the Conspiracies are a
little paranoid, like the Byron the Bulb story, but even seemingly ridiculous
conspiracies allow us to engage, within and without the text, our capacity
for recognizing connections, esp. in regards to power relations. The supposed
Paranoid at least sees connections, whereas the rest of the 'normal' world is
trapped beneath an elaborate denial that takes everything for granted. One
only has to look at today's media to see this in action. What about
Independence Day, the so-called "good old-fashioned return to American
violence," (Medved's words), which seems innocuous enough as a work, until
you take into account all the cheerleading the Establishment is doing so it
can fill up again on Defense funding. It is no accident that the release and
huge success of this movie coincides with probs with Immigration and the
renewal of legistlative interest in Star Wars defense tech. Sound paranoid?
MantaRay
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