meshugginah posts

[mark powers]

MantaRay at aol.com sez...

 > It's like the hubbub that came up when Platoon was released. Vets were
 > screaming about how it wasn't like that, while others (like my dad and
 > uncles) had to leave in the middle because it fucked them up. The movie's
 > authenticity was never the issue, because any fool with half a brain could
 > tell it was a movie. What was the issue was how each viewer compared those
 > images to their own experiences; its so-called "authenticity" was then
 > configured around that comparison's success/failure. This is a self-absorbed
 > way to approach fiction, in my opinion. 

Well, for what it's worth it succeeded enough with a Vietnam vet
friend of mine that when it was being shown on TV he called to say
"they're showing this movie, watch it, then you'll have a decent clue
where I'm coming from", although I don't expect anyone's experience
can or should be taken as universal...

 > That's why I cringe when people try to tell me how misapprehended the 60s
 > were, all the shit they had to deal with, blah fucking blah. Whatever. Shit
 > hasn't changed. Things have worsened. The 60s are over. All these posers
 > (like Clinton himself) who were fighting the good fight don't amount to
 > anything when they step aside from those beliefs and screw the rest of us. 

Ayup.. and, to hear Hilary Clinton of all people quoting May '68
graffiti... bleaurgh...

 > MantaRay

 > P.S. Am I the only twentysomething on this list?

Nope - maybe just the only consistent non-lurker? :)

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