Posted on 03/13/2021 4:20:53 AM PST by Kaslin
In the final scene of the Hollywood neonoir Chinatown, released in 1974, a character says to the disappointed private detective, “Forget it Jake, its Chinatown.” This enigmatic line is perhaps a comment on the manipulation of a vital resource, water, the key to the story, but implicitly it is a pessimistic metaphor for failure, for inability to change things, that falsehoods, deceit, and corruption would persist, that the truth might not be found, and that it’s futile to try to fix the problem.
The latest Hollywood production, the highly touted interview by Oprah Winfrey, not as skillfully directed as the film by Roman Polanski with its intervals for 30-second commercial ads costing $325,000 every few minutes, has similar overtones of flawed vision, sanctimonious utterances, and nebulous climax. Cui Bono, who benefits? The interview has no happy ending, except for CBS and Winfrey, whose Harpo company received $9 million with their spectacle watched by 17 million viewers in the U.S., and who may be considered a nominee for an Oscar for her provocative performance, inciting conflict and aggression rather than compassion or conciliation.
The interview was supposed to be a “bombshell” with shocking revelations about the misdeeds of the Royal Family and the insensitive way in which its members treated the Sussex duo, but the bombs exploded in a different direction than anticipated and were imprecise in substance. The related Sussex story of a troubled prince and an independent actress becomes a narrative of victimhood in which the reality of their suffering differs from the public perception of their actions. There are allusions to unnamed palace intrigue, to vague gossip, to the offenses of “tabloid journalism,” and to their difficulties both before and after stepping down as senior members of the Royal Family.
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We already knew that Oprah is corrupt and shady, but her showcasing of the liars Halfwit and MeGain is a new low. All the royal watchers who can think for themselves immediately came up with long lists of the lies and misleading statements from this interview, but Oprah never asked one skeptical question or contradicted them with research she had done, nor did she allow any rebuttals to be edited into her show. Mike Wallace she is not.
Overplayed their hand. She is more like Mrs. Simpson than Diana.
I call Meghan the ‘victim du jour’. There is a bottomless well of ‘victims’ in the US and the BS media will replace her soon enough.
Then we’ll see what happens.
I read another thread that while the Sussexes didn’t receive any pay for the interview, Harry was listed as an assistant producer (so yea, they received pay). Couldn’t find any proof to back that up. But, it seems to fit the Sussexes character...and it’s the internet, so it must be true!!
The point of Chinatown was not an analysis of government programs their aspirations and failures, but the actuality of evil;
The importance of the Harry and Megan dust-up is not that it exposes the banality of the monarchy but that charges of racism can prevail over a centuries long institution and even threaten every support that sustains civil society.
Nathan Bedford's interminably repeated first maxim of politics: all politics is not local but ultimately racial.
Markle isn’t a victim.
She’s a tool.
You’re right and in a way it’s almost the same thing
It bumped magnum pi and blue bloods off the air. Ruined Friday night.
It seems MeGain has read Oprah’s boyfriend, Stedman’s book on rebranding.
Oprah Winfrey = Misery Pimp
Always has been and always will be $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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