Constitutional Paulicy
12-25-2012, 02:18 AM
Official Trailer here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYFhFYoDAo4
MSNBC video discussion here..... http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc/50290768/#50290768
'Zero Dark Thirty' Torture Debate Dings Its Oscar Chances: For Your Consideration
Posted: 12/24/2012 10:29 am
Michael Hogan and Christopher Rosen
It's the night before Christmas, and the only thing stirring is controversy about "Zero Dark Thirty" and the nationwide opening of "Les Miserables." For my money, the growing outrage over "Zero Dark Thirty" and its depiction of torture is overblown, reactionary and totally debilitating to the film's Best Picture chances. As I wrote last week: Do we really think the West Coast liberals who vote for the Oscars are going to reward a film considered by many as pro-torture? Anything is possible, but this might be a bridge too far. It's a shame, too, since "Zero Dark Thirty" is being blown out not by Harvey Weinstein, but by the U.S. government. Which raises the obvious question: Why, with regard to "Zero Dark Thirty" and its use of torture, do we actually believe the government and the CIA? And, to be fair, what else is the government supposed to say in this case? "You know the best thing we've ever accomplished? We did that through morally questionable and unscrupulous means!" I'm not saying Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow got it right, but I don't think it's as cut and dry as Sen. John McCain, CIA director Michael Morell and many others are making it sound.
more here..... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-hogan/zero-dark-thirty-torture_b_2359240.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYFhFYoDAo4
MSNBC video discussion here..... http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc/50290768/#50290768
'Zero Dark Thirty' Torture Debate Dings Its Oscar Chances: For Your Consideration
Posted: 12/24/2012 10:29 am
Michael Hogan and Christopher Rosen
It's the night before Christmas, and the only thing stirring is controversy about "Zero Dark Thirty" and the nationwide opening of "Les Miserables." For my money, the growing outrage over "Zero Dark Thirty" and its depiction of torture is overblown, reactionary and totally debilitating to the film's Best Picture chances. As I wrote last week: Do we really think the West Coast liberals who vote for the Oscars are going to reward a film considered by many as pro-torture? Anything is possible, but this might be a bridge too far. It's a shame, too, since "Zero Dark Thirty" is being blown out not by Harvey Weinstein, but by the U.S. government. Which raises the obvious question: Why, with regard to "Zero Dark Thirty" and its use of torture, do we actually believe the government and the CIA? And, to be fair, what else is the government supposed to say in this case? "You know the best thing we've ever accomplished? We did that through morally questionable and unscrupulous means!" I'm not saying Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow got it right, but I don't think it's as cut and dry as Sen. John McCain, CIA director Michael Morell and many others are making it sound.
more here..... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-hogan/zero-dark-thirty-torture_b_2359240.html