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Lowering the Subtlety of Political Discourse [NY Times review of Celsius 41.11]
NY Times ^ | 10.22.2004 | Manohla Dargis

Posted on 10/21/2004 9:39:25 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick

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To: NYC GOP Chick

The movie reviewer should watch the news more often. "Other images, including that of a woman in a burka being executed, remain similarly unidentified." If she didn't realize that was a Taliban execution, she just hasn't been paying attention.


21 posted on 10/21/2004 10:41:26 PM PDT by hyperpoly8 (Illegitimati Non Carborundum)
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To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath

No kick from "sham pain", eh? Mere folderol "doesn't thrill you at all"? Moore will not be happy with your attitude...


22 posted on 10/22/2004 1:06:51 AM PDT by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
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To: NYC GOP Chick; hellinahandcart
Less savvy propagandists than Mr. Moore, the "Celsius 41.11" filmmakers apply their thesis with a trowel.

I bet Manohla Dargis applies his or her makeup with a trowel!

23 posted on 10/22/2004 5:10:56 AM PDT by sauropod (Hitlary: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: NYC GOP Chick

Sorry to hear you are ill.

Me, headed for Sunny Mexico for a few days of badly needed R & R. Out the door in 1/2 hour.

Watch my threads for me until I get back, OK? Check in on the UT if you get a chance and make sure the gang is behaving.

cu


24 posted on 10/22/2004 7:11:17 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The cool points are out the window, and you got me all twisted up in the game)
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A didactic screed that has all the verve of a PowerPoint presentation and all the subtlety of a Homeland Security red alert, "Celsius 41.11" is finally interesting only because it represents another unconvincing effort on the part of conservatives to mount a viable critique of Mr. Moore. It also suggests that the right's gifts for spinning ideology into compelling narrative, so evident during the Reagan administration, have gone missing.

There's the money quote. :-)

NY TIMES ".. compelling narrative .."

25 posted on 10/22/2004 8:22:42 AM PDT by Flashman_at_the_charge (A proud member of the self-preservation society)
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