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talkpoliticsDoes this ring a bell at all? This is from the movie The Dictator starring Sasha Baron Cohen (Borat). This is the speech he made at the end of the movie trying to justify a dictatorship for his mythical country. He contrasts what America would be like as a dictatorship as opposed to the current democracy of the people.
Does this sound like anyplace we know? The potential image of the America he describes sounds like USA circa 2008. A while back there was a rant from Jeff Daniels in a clip from The Newsroom that was an attempt at ideological philosophy. I believe this is more effectively done with biting satire when a piece of fiction is involved.
Does this sound like anyplace we know? The potential image of the America he describes sounds like USA circa 2008. A while back there was a rant from Jeff Daniels in a clip from The Newsroom that was an attempt at ideological philosophy. I believe this is more effectively done with biting satire when a piece of fiction is involved.
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Date: 22/1/13 14:12 (UTC)Or alternatively: that Sasha Baron Cohen, what an example of over-educated upper-middle-class privilege.
Or maybe…that SBC, hits the nail right on the head yet again.
Or even all of the above.
Perhaps we can conduct a poll: and I wonder if we can predict which of our esteemed pundits would opt for which answer?
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Date: 22/1/13 14:29 (UTC)Thanks in advance. Oh, almost forgot. 1 hour.
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Date: 22/1/13 14:35 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 22/1/13 14:56 (UTC)What is your take on it? Why is it an issue?
“A while back there was a rant from Jeff Daniels in a clip from The Newsroom that was an attempt at ideological philosophy. I believe this is more effectively done with biting satire when a piece of fiction is involved.”
It states my ideological belief in a satirical way. A personal analysis of the clip and a personal ideological rant of its principles would spoil the clip and would discourage many from watching it so they could draw their own conclusions.
I fleshed out a little more on the content of the clip. Do I need more detail?
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Date: 22/1/13 15:13 (UTC)However I do understand your motivations, and I accept your amendment.
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Date: 22/1/13 21:12 (UTC)What about what? The clip or my commentary on it in the OP?
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