When a laugh is more powerful than a tear. The Care Bears Big Wish Movie, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? and, possibly, Iron Man share a common theme. A quiet–almost subliminal appeal–to an audience seeking a straight shot of entertainment asking them to drop apathy and get involved in a troubled world. A new subversive cinema (that I wrote about earlier this week), which isn’t a filmmaker sneaking a message past Hollywood executives, but past a message-weary audience.
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Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?, Iron Man, Care Bears Big Wish Movie
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i subscribed about 2 months ago to your podcast.
i like it but i often loose track and interest because i didn’t catch the first 8 seconds and i spend the other 20 minutes hoping someone will mention the movie in discussion. Even if i have herd of the movie it is still uncertain as to what the movie is about.
I shun blockbusters and would rather spend my money on indi films but i often feel lost in the intellectual philosophical conversation as there is no premise. Maybe you could mention the name of the film, the director and the topic a couple times thought the show. And the general jist of the movie. I know i can hit pause. i just get distracted and my mp3 player makes it a pain to reverse.
signed, distracted listener
I’m a listener to the podcast and I’ve tried leaving a voicemail couple of times on your new hotline but I was unable to. Each time I call the number, there’s a busy signal.
Either there’s a technical problem, or your voicemail phone line is always jammed. Please look into this so that people like me can sound off at you guys.
Yikes. Sorry about that, John. I’ll look into it. In the meantime, feel free to sound off at us here:
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