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Re: A question of remembrance...
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:01:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> I'm not saying that big lies don't happen. I'm not defending the media,
> either. Um, I'm not sure what I'm saying. :-,
Comfort food time! ;^)
> Shortly after seeing Amadeus, I was made aware of the Salieri conspiracy.
> The movie was mean, but so what? As a work of fiction, it was pretty good.
> As a semi-true story about well-known historical figures, ehhh, it was a
> movie. The book was probably better anyhow.
Well, the Pushkin playlet started the snowball (bad, bad Mister Pushkin).
> OK, my point is this: don't EVER go to Hollywood expecting to learn
> anything about history. Even the most talented storytellers there work
> mostly with fiction. The very best you'll get are heart-warming anecdotes.
"Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money..."
> On the flip side of the coin, you can't compare the veracity of material
> from one media outlet (say, Hollywood) to that of another (say, local news).
Hmmm, I can dig that.
> And, of course, you have to take it *all* with a grain of salt. *Everyone*
> has a political agenda. Look for red flags, consider the source, and
> observe with a critical mind.
Exactly, but how many folks really do that? We've reduced "news" to a run
down of the world's calamities, neatly packaged into sound bites. What
average American is going to take the time dig a little deeper to discover
the bigger picture being obscured by media garbage? And I'm sure the next
question is: why should he/she even bother? Well, all things considered, I
have no doubt the American government prefers a passive, uninformed America.
It is in every American's interest to know the whole story, the bigger
picture so as not to unwittingly cooperate with evil.
> Even something as seemingly altruistic as the movie Schindler's List was
> made for one reason: the soft, sighing sounds of dollar bills dancing
> through the air to aloft lightly on Steven Speilberg's...um...well, you get
> the picture...
Hah, I love it! :^D
> (BTW, I was going to respond to an earlier message giving my vitriolic
> opinion about Hollywood award ceremonies and the dreck that invariably comes
> from them. I'll refrain again, for fear of making someone's monitor melt --
> though I will tell you it's not pretty. :-)
Hah! (the laughing continues....hack....choke....) Ohhh, it would have been
beautiful...(sniff)
> Anyway, consider the source. And eveyone has an agenda.
Yep, that's the bottom line.
Dan
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| (...) Ooh! Thank you Dan! I could go for some good salsa about now. (...) And who are you to turn the heart of the average American? To introduce some new compassion into even a small fraction of your peers...it's a pretty tall order. I hate to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm not saying that big lies don't happen. I'm not defending the media, either. Um, I'm not sure what I'm saying. :-, Shortly after seeing Amadeus, I was made aware of the Salieri conspiracy. The movie was mean, but so what? As a work of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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