What’s THIS? (thanks etc to Healing Iraq) Update. I’ve realised that this Turkey, unlike the Presidential one, has a real political message- though not one that has been adequately reflected by BBC coverage of Iraq. Reading Healing Iraq and other sites, and looking at this pastiche, I’d say that Iraqis’ biggest fear is being delivered back into a Baathist quagmire.
Great Flaming Turkeys!
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I thought you might be interested to know what the online version of the Radio Times (www.radiotimes.beeb.com) has to say about “Bowling for Columbine”, showing tonight on Channel 4:
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“Film-maker Michael Moore examines what actually causes America’s alarming gun-related annual death toll.
Whether opening a bank account that comes with a free rifle or harassing retail giant K-Mart to persuade them to stop selling the type of bullets used at the 1999 Columbine school massacre, Moore leaves no stone unturned, addressing issues such as foreign policy, race, welfare and the post-11 September climate of fear.
Shifting with surprising ease between humour and pathos, this is an important, outspoken film, if not an easy one to watch.”
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You can find the review here:
http://www.radiotimes.beeb.com/jsp/frameset/index.html?src=/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=132&programmeId=15086511&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details.jsp
Note that the f
…plus the bit that got truncated:
Note that the five-stars symbol next to the title means “outstanding”.