From Charles Pierce, a remark

[Iris Sirius]

I thought for a second there that Steve Carrell was writing for the Nyrb.
And i fully agreed agreed, all the way through the Argo bit.  For dirrefent
reasons maybe, but still i fucking hate that film.  Why is it just trash,
Argo?  Why is it still laudered?  Why do i still sortof like Aflekk? It
cant be cause hes cute,or even that smart.  is it his boston? but....now
its not his fucking Southie.
On Jan 24, 2013 8:38 AM, "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found that movie in a word, boring. it had all the depth of a high
> school championship football game. I getit, Hollywood has to enliven
> things and make composite characters, that one person driven to find
> the truth. But as Steve Coll rightly pointed out in the NYRB recently
> don't calim you are working in a journaliostic mode, these are the
> facts, open your movie with panciked calls from the WTC on 9/11, well
> you're not even 5 minutes in and you've set people up. I suppose she
> and the writer guy didnt think that one day people will watch this
> with a cursory knowledge of the goings on and get the impression well,
> torture isn;t nice but I can see where it helped which according to
> most in the critical press say to the contrary. I find it a disservice
> and a joke.
>
> anyone see Argo? another CIA friendly movie. rightly shows US
> involvement in the pre-shah days, giving context to some of why Iran
> turned into a theocracy. but the movie goes on to put the US in a good
> light. it's a weird movie, yes we acknowledge past US culpability but
> we're still basically good.
>
> folks dont hate america they hate Hollywood and strangely enough we
> seem to follow that narrative, to go along with it. it's sad
>
> rich
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The Director of ZERO DARK THIRTY, Kathryn Bigelow, said on The Colbert
> Show that "perhaps"
> > the CIA did help shape her narrative.....
> >
> > Charles said (response to Greg Mitchell), you get ANY info from the CIA
> and you are being played..
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
>
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