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 Post subject: Re: politics and film
PostPosted: Tue August 13, 2013 9:37 pm 
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I know you say no docs, but if you change your mind, I'd recommend this one:

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 Post subject: Re: politics and film
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I know you say no docs, but if you change your mind, I'd recommend this one:

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Oh, and I mentioned '1984' in an earlier post...the movie wasn't that good, the book is far better, but it really drives home the point of an authoritarian state.


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doug rr wrote:
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I know you say no docs, but if you change your mind, I'd recommend this one:

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And the Koch brothers.


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 Post subject: Re: politics and film
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1984
Wag The Dog
The Manchurian Candidate
Thank You For Smoking
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All The President's Men
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington


i'm showing wag the dog. I've used thank you for smoking in the past

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Oh, and I mentioned '1984' in an earlier post...the movie wasn't that good, the book is far better, but it really drives home the point of an authoritarian state.


I'd use V for Vendetta over the 1984 movie. The book is obviously a million times better than either

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 Post subject: Re: politics and film
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Sullivan's Travels (class)
Ace in the Hole (exploitation in the media) I would check this one out.
Fail-Safe (the forgotten cold war thriller, overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove that same year)
Norma Rae (working class, union)
Reds (communism, America, Russia 1912-1920)
Matewan (working class, union)
Do the Right Thing (class, race)
American Beauty (failure of the American dream)
Traffic (war on drugs)


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i was back and forth on norma rae and bread and roses. Norma Rae is the better movie, but I think I can do more with bread and roses.

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 Post subject: Re: politics and film
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I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.

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I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.


I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days

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I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.


I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days


Boooo! Both / and, not either / or.

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I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.


I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days


Boooo! Both / and, not either / or.


It tends to come up often talking about current events. the first 10 minutes or so (sometimes a bit less, sometimes a lot more) of each class is usually given over to talking about what's going on in the world. Otherwise there are only so many hours in the day. One of the hardest parts of teaching is having to decide what to cut.

When I do identity stuff it tends to be feminism or race stuff (both come up in my theory classes, and the intro class). It tends to not be disability stuff :(

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 Post subject: Re: politics and film
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stip wrote:
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I'm not sure if you're into the identity politics thing, but I'm trying to think of a disability film that's worth recommending. I can't think of one really. Lots of books, no movies.


I'm not, in part because it is so difficult to teach (it is like pulling teeth), and in part because I tend to see everything in terms of class these days


Boooo! Both / and, not either / or.


It tends to come up often talking about current events. the first 10 minutes or so (sometimes a bit less, sometimes a lot more) of each class is usually given over to talking about what's going on in the world. Otherwise there are only so many hours in the day. One of the hardest parts of teaching is having to decide what to cut.

When I do identity stuff it tends to be feminism or race stuff (both come up in my theory classes, and the intro class). It tends to not be disability stuff :(


Well, the disabled rights movement is a couple of decades younger than the others, admittedly. It's very interesting though if you ever become interested and think you can fit it in. I get that if you're a teacher, a socio-economic focus is sensible -- a lot of things can be put under that umbrella in a shorter space of time, and identity politics can become frustratingly tangential. It's interesting that in the UK at the moment, disabled identity and politics and socio-economics are clashing in a way they probably never have before.

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