Good questions, from Cliff May, about last night's annual awards show:
Has one word been said about the Islamist movements dedicated to the destruction of the West, the dedicated to restricting artistic freedom and a free press, dedicated to suppressing the most fundamental rights of women and gays — movements that attacked us on several occasions during Al Gore’s tenure in the White House, movements that planned 9/11/01 even as Al Gore was assigned the vital task of focusing on airline security?
Or were those inconvenient truths ignored?
Of course there was not mention; same goes, for the third straight year, for any mention whatsoever of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh's murder. For making a film. Or a show of solidarity with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who lives under constant threat of assasination. For writing a film.
Is there any clearer evidence of how disconnected Hollywood is from the genuine edges of artistry?
I ought say that I'm also curious whether there were any mentions of any of the above at the Independent Spirit Awards. Anyone know?
2 Comments:
By Anonymous |
7:13 PM Wonder if Clif sits through those $1,000 dollar a plate Republican dinners to raise money for the people who write our energy policies in the dark and are responsible for the majority of our climate problems?
By Anonymous |
7:15 PM Wonder if Clif sits through those $1,000 a plate Republican dinners to raise money for those who let energy companies write our energy policies without outside input, and who are largely to blame for our climate problems that need to be addressed?
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