MonkeyCommando (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} monkeycommando) wrote,@ 2004-11-12 11:43:00 |
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I have had four thoughts, which I would like to share.
I have had four thoughts, which I would like to share (but I can't guarantee they're original).
1. Although I loved the Incredibles the second time I saw it, I am very uncomfortable about the sexual politics it presents, particularly involving the arc involving the daughter and her relationship to her father, when considered in light of the father/wife arc. And I was just about prepared to dismiss my concerns as expecting too much politics from a single work of art, when I saw Elastigirl on TV shilling for fucking TIDE. I shit you not.
Still love the movie, though.
2. The fact that [Yasser Arafat was considered a human symbol of national liberation by the Palestinian] people tells you not so much about either Arafat or the Palestinian people, as it does about the nature of [human symbols of national liberation] thoughout history. It makes me relieved us Canucks no longer venerate Wolfe, but rather the frizzy-haired alcoholic on the ten dollar bill, and we're usually sarcastic when we do it anyway.
3. After considering point 1, I realised that Monsters Inc. is actually a pretty astute parallel about the Western world's petroleum addiction.
Even if casting the people of the Middle East/Nigeria/Venezuela as a *weally cute widdle girl* is rather condescending, we'd still be better off finding ways to make her laugh instead of cry.
4. My analysis of the geographic distribution of the US election results, and its correlation to why so many Canadians backed Kerry/are more progressive/etc.:
It's not North/South or centre/fringe or anything like that. It's simply urban/rural, and Canada (counter-inuitively) has a WAAAAAY higher percentage population living in big cities than does the US.
If we're going to get the right things done on this continent, everyone needs to really grok that geographic artifact.
I have had four thoughts, which I would like to share (but I can't guarantee they're original).
1. Although I loved the Incredibles the second time I saw it, I am very uncomfortable about the sexual politics it presents, particularly involving the arc involving the daughter and her relationship to her father, when considered in light of the father/wife arc. And I was just about prepared to dismiss my concerns as expecting too much politics from a single work of art, when I saw Elastigirl on TV shilling for fucking TIDE. I shit you not.
Still love the movie, though.
2. The fact that [Yasser Arafat was considered a human symbol of national liberation by the Palestinian] people tells you not so much about either Arafat or the Palestinian people, as it does about the nature of [human symbols of national liberation] thoughout history. It makes me relieved us Canucks no longer venerate Wolfe, but rather the frizzy-haired alcoholic on the ten dollar bill, and we're usually sarcastic when we do it anyway.
3. After considering point 1, I realised that Monsters Inc. is actually a pretty astute parallel about the Western world's petroleum addiction.
Even if casting the people of the Middle East/Nigeria/Venezuela as a *weally cute widdle girl* is rather condescending, we'd still be better off finding ways to make her laugh instead of cry.
4. My analysis of the geographic distribution of the US election results, and its correlation to why so many Canadians backed Kerry/are more progressive/etc.:
It's not North/South or centre/fringe or anything like that. It's simply urban/rural, and Canada (counter-inuitively) has a WAAAAAY higher percentage population living in big cities than does the US.
If we're going to get the right things done on this continent, everyone needs to really grok that geographic artifact.
