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Iran to Hollywood: You Hurt Our Feelings
New York, 2:55 PM
Mon Dec 7
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How do you think Mr. Garrison is weighing in on this issue?
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Oh yes.
03/01/09
Terrorist #5
Terrorist/Rapist #2
Car Bomber
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Also, the italian mob movies, while some italians had problems with them, always paint italians as having good qualities as well like being fun and stylish. The mobsters are usually heroes or anti-heroes viewers root for. That's a different thing.
03/01/09
When terrorists in film are identified as being from Iran, is that a stereotype? Terrorist do come from Iran and Iraq and Saudi Arabia. I would be happy to see a movie that portrays Iranians in a good light. But if the movie doesn't it's based on realties.
03/01/09
Seriously, though, for both of you, one word: Persepolis.
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Of course the Battle of Thermopylae took place. However, there was a decision to choose a particular historical battle where it was Iranian aggressing against westerners (as opposed to, say, the battles of the crusades or the repeated years of Roman attacks to try to take over the Persian empire in which the Christians and Romans were not only aggressors but they conducted themselves in a terrible and barbaric way compared to their Middle Eastern adversaries) and present the Persian leader as a repulsive one dimensional villain.
And, sure, the Persians were trying to take over Greece, but contrast that to the way Alexander portrayed the conquest of Persia by Greeks.
Terrorists aren't only Middle Eastern, and there are millions and millions of Middle Eastern people who aren't terrorists. But whether it's Airforce One or whatever, you would never know that from Hollywood. Even when movie terrorists are from outside the Middle East (especially if they are white) like IRA bombers all of a sudden they are played by loveable old Brad Pitt and the movie presents their side too usually.
When the US has spent years behaving criminally against Middle Eastern countries and people, maybe it's time to question the dehumanization of Middle Eastern people in American films.
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I don't know, I understand the point and agree, to an extent, but let's not get all into superlatives.
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This is an example of a murderous dictatorship trying to impose their rules against free speech on citizens of another country.
Maybe we should appologize for not hanging homosexuals too.
03/01/09
And why did the CIA do that? Because he was demanding that the British not keep all the oil profits for themselves.
Try to get a clue before you type, ignorant jackhole.
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03/04/09
Delightful spectacle invariably. So easy, any vapid chump can do it!