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mamculuna ([personal profile] mamculuna) wrote2004-09-25 09:11 pm
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Just watched Stargate--the movie from 1997. Not only was it extremely weird to see Jaye Davidson as a Pharaoh (even if he was an alien underneath), but I was also reading an article in the new Harper's during the commercials ("Our Present Disillusionment" by Jacqueline Rose) discussing the narcissism of our war in Iraq. It made the movie look a lot like the war. A few brave Americans come zapping in out of nowhere, immediately comprehend the situation the poor dumb inhabitants can't figure out, vaporize the inhuman despot, are cheered and loved by all (including young boys who immediately start acting like the American soldiers), go zapping home all safe and sound, and everyone lives happily ever after.

Why didn't it work out that way?

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