Political woo?
I read it as more a moral/ehtical/sanity condemnation of the gullible Murican public, evidenced by their support of such monsters as Cheney, Wolfowitz, KRISTOL! and bat-shit Neoconmen on up to the Top: the Daddy-besotted foil for Cheney's (self-selected) Veep-in-title/but master agitprop originator and exploiter, working from his very-own office-sector in the Pentagon.
What Eastwood (is here said to have done--I haven't seen it nor would I) is veritably a sop to jingoists of every stripe, saying implicitly: forget the historical facts of the entire illegal/gamed-invasion; let's just wallow again in some mindless destruction (we'll pay $Ts to rebuild the infrastructure destroyed, natch) and portrayal of vicarious killings: for a high game score, in the competitive mind of the Hero-perp.
Screw all the facts: what is this creation but War-porno aping Rambo, John Wayne and playing to modern Birchers? There's the 'political' framing, just as with the post-Vietnam, similar apologias.
Agree then, that Taibbi doesn't "properly review" this Movie X: on its cinematography, acting, puppy-dog sentimentality Rating and such. He lambasts it for being a transparent propaganda pitch to re-Frame the whole, ongoing [where's that marlowe cartoon when we need it!?] Quagmire...
Should be retitled, American Jingoist, Sub-titled, An evening of red-meat eviscerations to go with your post Big-Game popcorn.
(At least, in the '60s enough citizens Marched in opposition to LBJ's deranged escalations of civilian massacres.. quite Enough of us to torpedo his re-election. Thus, via the RFK assassination to clear the way for Tricky Dick's ascension. Win the big One/Lose the ongoing War against sanity. Oh. Well. Shit happens.
What Eastwood (is here said to have done--I haven't seen it nor would I) is veritably a sop to jingoists of every stripe, saying implicitly: forget the historical facts of the entire illegal/gamed-invasion; let's just wallow again in some mindless destruction (we'll pay $Ts to rebuild the infrastructure destroyed, natch) and portrayal of vicarious killings: for a high game score, in the competitive mind of the Hero-perp.
Screw all the facts: what is this creation but War-porno aping Rambo, John Wayne and playing to modern Birchers? There's the 'political' framing, just as with the post-Vietnam, similar apologias.
Agree then, that Taibbi doesn't "properly review" this Movie X: on its cinematography, acting, puppy-dog sentimentality Rating and such. He lambasts it for being a transparent propaganda pitch to re-Frame the whole, ongoing [where's that marlowe cartoon when we need it!?] Quagmire...
Should be retitled, American Jingoist, Sub-titled, An evening of red-meat eviscerations to go with your post Big-Game popcorn.
(At least, in the '60s enough citizens Marched in opposition to LBJ's deranged escalations of civilian massacres.. quite Enough of us to torpedo his re-election. Thus, via the RFK assassination to clear the way for Tricky Dick's ascension. Win the big One/Lose the ongoing War against sanity. Oh. Well. Shit happens.