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ubertuber · 02-14-2006, 11:21 AM

My point was simply that ustwo's claim that "hollywood doesn't like even a hint of islamic terrorists in films" is unsupportable. I think my list backed it up quite nicely. You guys are right - whining about Hollywood is pointless, in a way. One the one hand, it won't affect what they produce, and on the other, I don't think anyone wants America to become the kind of country that would try to control Hollywood.

Still, I don't think it is as simple as irate makes it to claim that we're an injured party here - there is a defined map to defaming other countries in popular media, and we drew it. My discomfort with the Turkish movie comes from two places. First, that we make movies that are similar (not an excuse for anyone, but a source of discomfort for me nonetheless), and second, that the Turkish movies strikes a little too close to home. I'm NOT saying that it is anything other than a hopeless exaggeration or extortion of fact (although I suppose there's no way for me to know that), just that it rubs the wrong way because we're already uncomfortable with some aspects of our liberation of Iraq.

02-14-2006, 11:21 AM	#26 (permalink)
ubertuber spudly Location: Ellay	My point was simply that ustwo's claim that "hollywood doesn't like even a hint of islamic terrorists in films" is unsupportable. I think my list backed it up quite nicely. You guys are right - whining about Hollywood is pointless, in a way. One the one hand, it won't affect what they produce, and on the other, I don't think anyone wants America to become the kind of country that would try to control Hollywood. Still, I don't think it is as simple as irate makes it to claim that we're an injured party here - there is a defined map to defaming other countries in popular media, and we drew it. My discomfort with the Turkish movie comes from two places. First, that we make movies that are similar (not an excuse for anyone, but a source of discomfort for me nonetheless), and second, that the Turkish movies strikes a little too close to home. I'm NOT saying that it is anything other than a hopeless exaggeration or extortion of fact (although I suppose there's no way for me to know that), just that it rubs the wrong way because we're already uncomfortable with some aspects of our liberation of Iraq. __________________ Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam Last edited by ubertuber; 02-14-2006 at 12:08 PM..