From Charles Pierce, a remark

[Iris Sirius]

Is it because that I think that its badly hypnotized?  Argo..
On Jan 24, 2013 3:28 PM, "Iris Sirius" <irissiriustce at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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