It's always funny to see people get worked up over movies, games, and music. It just goes to show you how close minded these people are. Javad Shamqadri, who's an art adviser to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, is saying that the new movie "300" is "part of a comprehensive U.S. psychological war aimed at Iranian culture." What's funny is that he's a filmmaker and "said that production of more domestic and artistic films which portray Iranian achievements is a proper response to movies like "300".
So with a movie that comes out as sheer entertainment rather than a documentary, it's needed to have an Iranian counterpart to offset it? If that's the case, where's the Iranian counterpart to "True Lies", "The Siege", and other movies that had Middle Eastern villains as part of the story? Easy, there weren't. It's because people saw the movies for what they are: simple entertainment. How many of you who saw these movies and thought bad things about Middle Eastern people afterwards? I'm willing to bet that it was none of you. The reason is that we can separate movie fantasy with reality, even if that movie is based upon reality, even though there are others who can't.
Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com
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