Letters to the Editor
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Count me in
I'm not sure how many episodes they showed; I watched the end of one episode and all of the next one. I liked the way the filmmakers spent much of their time with individual human stories.
I didn't really like the way they played up the "we're cruising into the dangerous Muslim world" meme when they entered the Straits of Malacca. It would be hard to think of countries anywhere in the world friendlier to the US than Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. I don't believe there is even a "significant" terror risk to an American carrier in Malaysia. Adding to my annoyance, I also thought the filmmakers were way over the top in showing lots and lots of Malay women with Muslim head coverings in Kuala Lampur. Although there are plenty of Malay women who do, there are almost as many Chinese and Indian women in KL and elsewhere in Malaysia who are not Muslim and who do not dress that way. It was a way the filmmakers echoed and magnified the dangerous Islamic world thing. When I see things like that that don't comport with reality as I know it, it makes me suspicious of other information. But overall I really enjoyed watching the thing, and will probably try to catch more episodes.