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Reviewer Thinks Hijackers Should Have "Consulted" on UNITED 93
Slant Magazine ^ | April, 2006 | Keith Uhlich

Posted on 04/25/2006 4:47:26 PM PDT by John Robertson

"Certainly this isn't the first Hollywood production done in by the competing corporate and personal interests that funded it (consider the unspoken implications—both commercial and propagandistic—of the film's last-minute title change from Flight 93 to United 93), but it is the only one I've come across where the families of those onboard gave it their full-on approval. Not all the families, of course. All evidence suggests that the terrorists' relatives were left entirely out of the creative process, an action which goes a way toward revealing the film's hagiographic bias (how easy it then becomes to turn victims into heroes and adversaries into monsters) and points up the general ridiculousness of involving the families in the first place (too many cooks spoiling an already rancid broth)."

(Excerpt) Read more at slantmagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 911; americahaters; fifthcolumn; idiotarian; keithworksforkerry; leftwingnutcase; megabarf; moonbat; toxicuniversekeith; united93; whollycrap
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Yeah, so easy to turn "adversaries into monsters" when all they do is murder a planeload of innocent Americans, try to bring our government to a halt, participate in a plot that killed thousands more innocents, and plunge us into a War On Terror that our grandchildren will probably still be fighting.

We know what we're up against, but every once in a while it pays to check in and see what kind of diseased minds who would destroy us all are really out there.

Keith is on the "staff" of a site called "Toxic Universe." Of course he is. Here's from his bio--it drips with the kind of feel-good, nonjudgemental toxicity that's truly killing us all:

"It’s not about convincing, he feels, or stating a final, unchangeable point. Rather it’s through our differences (of both physical self and emotional experience) that truths will arise."

Thanks, Keith--so much! As it turns out, his email address is also his literal location in life: keith@toxicuniverse.com. In case anyone wanted to respond to this fine young mind.

1 posted on 04/25/2006 4:47:30 PM PDT by John Robertson
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How exactly do they want the hijackers to consult considering they are busy looking for icewater right now.
2 posted on 04/25/2006 4:49:28 PM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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I think you have been had -- it sounds like a satire, to me (e.g.,Slant vs Slate)


3 posted on 04/25/2006 4:49:38 PM PDT by expatpat
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No, I have not been had. It's for real. The guy has written a zillion reviews, and the site is real.

But Keith's parents were had.


4 posted on 04/25/2006 4:50:54 PM PDT by John Robertson (Even if we disagree now, we may agree later. Or vice versa.)
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Hey, where's the MEGABARF ALERT??? Stupid liberal idiot!!!

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

5 posted on 04/25/2006 4:51:02 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: John Robertson

Wholly crap.


6 posted on 04/25/2006 4:53:36 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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Is United 93 the same movie that aired on A&E a while back? I swear I remember watching a made for tv movie by that name about 9/11.


7 posted on 04/25/2006 5:03:26 PM PDT by Ainast
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All evidence suggests that the terrorists' relatives were left entirely out of the creative process . . .

This wanker appears to be in earnest.

8 posted on 04/25/2006 5:07:31 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Ainast
No. The A&E film was not United 93.
9 posted on 04/25/2006 5:09:27 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: John Robertson

What a steaming pile this is! Good lord, how can someone be so stupid?


10 posted on 04/25/2006 5:21:00 PM PDT by packrat35 (The America hating bastards at the NYT must spend their entire life with their heads in the toilet)
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I think it may have been "Flight 93".


11 posted on 04/25/2006 5:22:00 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: dighton

Perhaps it is. It sure sounds like parody.


12 posted on 04/25/2006 5:23:47 PM PDT by expatpat
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It sure sounds like parody.

I'm with you.

13 posted on 04/25/2006 5:26:36 PM PDT by sinkspur (Things are about to happen that will answer all your questions and solve all your problems.)
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Too bad the reviewer wasn't on flight 93 so he could get a more accurate account from the terrorists side.


14 posted on 04/25/2006 5:33:08 PM PDT by Hayzo
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To: Ainast

Different movie, same event. That was tv, this is for theatrical distribution.


15 posted on 04/25/2006 6:36:17 PM PDT by John Robertson (Even if we disagree now, we may agree later. Or vice versa.)
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This wanker appears to be in earnest.

Indeed. He gave it a half star rating.

16 posted on 04/25/2006 7:53:13 PM PDT by aculeus
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I'm going to borrow a word from another thread. Hey Keith...Backpfeifengesicht.


17 posted on 04/25/2006 8:09:45 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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Or better yet have a tete-a-tete (pun intended) with one of his "victims" as he slices Keith's head off while chanting Allah Akbar. Then his fellow Toxic idiots could interview the "victim's" parents and the parents would insist that the Jews were behind the beheading. How can the left be so bloody stupid?


18 posted on 04/25/2006 10:30:12 PM PDT by Chgogal (The US Military fights for Freedom of the Press while the NYT lies about the Military and cowers...)
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Too bad the reviewer wasn't on flight 93 so he could get a more accurate account from the terrorists side.

No then this knucklehead would have warn the terrorist that passengers were going to storm the cockpit

19 posted on 04/25/2006 11:31:08 PM PDT by tophat9000 (If it was illegal French Canadians would La Raza back them? Racist back there race over country)
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Indeed. He gave it a half star rating.

I haven't seen the film myself, but I heard Glenn Beck talk about it on his radio show, and he was so overwhelmed by it he had to stop several times because he was too emotional and choked up to continue. He said it was one of the most moving films he had ever seen.

20 posted on 04/25/2006 11:34:32 PM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
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