Paul January 6th, 2010
Where TITANIC (1997) showed us the great divide between social classes in allegedly egalitarian societies, with its “message” successfully embedded in a breathless love story between the haves and the have-nots, Canadian film-director James Cameron now picks up where Al Gore left off in AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006). Although Cameron’s AVATAR can be viewed and reviewed as a movie which bashes American-style capitalism and militarism, I personally see it as the first Green Movie for the Masses. It’s too bad that AVATAR was not released last December, when the Copenhagen climate summit was in progress. With Cameron’s permission, President Obama might have distributed DVD copies of the movie to the delegates, and the summit might have produced different results. But, it’s not too late. As is their wont, the Chinese will pirate and distribute illegal DVD copies of this movie to all of Asia, and maybe the yellow masses will be moved to do something about climate change where our world leaders have failed. Although the protagonists in AVATAR look blue, I cannot help but think that if you mix BLUE and YELLOW, you’ll get GREEN. Thanks to THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO AVATAR, we are finally getting a true marriage between ART and PROPAGANDA.
Tags: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Art, Avatar, Copenhagen climate summit, James Cameron, President Obama, Propaganda
Paul October 16th, 2009
According to the morning paper, Kansas Republican State. Rep. Bill Otto ranted for nearly three minutes against President Obama at a recent legislative meeting, then later posted a YouTube video of himself singing an anti-Obama ”Redneck Rap” while wearing a hat that said, “OPOSSUM, the other dark meat.” At the end of his song, Otto points to his hat and says again, “Opossum, the other dark meat. A little greasy, but hey…” OTTO. That’s a Germanic name, isn’t it? I guess the less said about that, the better. One can make a joke of it, say that the man OTTO RESIGN. Or, at the very least, EAT CROW. We now add his name to THE KANSAS HALL OF SHAME. That’s BILL OTTO up there, right next to Kansas Republican Congresswoman LYNN “Great White Hope” JENKINS. And, of course, the irreverend FRED PHELPS of Topeka’s Wasteboro Church.
Tags: Bill Otto, Fred Phelps, Lynn Jenkins, President Obama
Paul October 9th, 2009
President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize on the same day that NASA blows up the moon. It’s a peaceful way of saying, “Today the Moon, Tomorrow Kabul!” Everyone knows we can do it, nobly, so there is no need to send in more troops to Afghanistan. Or is this just wishful thinking? Sheer lunacy? ”Shine on…Shine on…Harvest Moon!”
Tags: Afghanistan, NASA, Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama
