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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Wow. Some movies (often in such despised genres as sci-fi and horror) are widely recognized as being "about" topics that they are not really about.
As a matter of fact, Godzilla really was "about" nuclear Japan, just as, say, The Seven Samurai was "about" post-War Japan's interrogation of its militaristic past.
The above should NOT be news to anyone who knows diddly about cinema history.
Spielberg's War of the Worlds has already broken the "it's really 'about' 9/11" barrier.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
