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July 23, 2004
al-Arabiyah and Moore
Al-Arabiyah had an interesting piece on the Michael Moore film, series of interviews of Arabs (including Jordanians, I recognized the theater, my favorite one) exiting the film. Interesting reactions. I rather dislike Moore I confess ahead of time, in fact I rather have no small contempt for him, however leaving this aside, the reactions were interesting. The viewers exiting commented several times that they felt that American people on seeing the film would understand (variously the sins/errors/lies) of the government, and (to quote one) “especially in America” this would not (be tolerated/stand/similar sentiments).
Interesting. Of course, the selection (by the background it was clear) was on upper end theaters, meaning there was a skew in the potential audience – the Amman theater (really an excellent one, Century – if you’re ever in Amman and bored, this is the place. Lined walls so no cell phone disturbances! And an ‘adult’ audience that does not whistle or otherwise bleat on if there are ‘adult’ scenes. Very tedious).
Posted by The Lounsbury at July 23, 2004 07:29 PM
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