...When imperialist activities produce unmentionable outcomes, such as those well known to anyone paying attention to Afghanistan since about 1990, then ideological thinking kicks in. The horror story is suppressed, or reinterpreted as something benign or ridiculous (a comedy), or simply curtailed before the denouement becomes obvious. Thus, for example, Melissa Roddy, a Los Angeles film-maker with inside information from the Charlie Wilson production team, notes that the films happy ending came about because Tom Hanks, a co-producer as well as the leading actor, just cant deal with this 9/11 thing. (...) ...My own view is that if Charlie Wilsons War is a comedy, its the kind that goes over well with a roomful of louts in a college fraternity house. Simply put, it is imperialist propaganda and the tragedy is that four-and-a-half years after we invaded Iraq and destroyed it, such dangerously misleading nonsense is still being offered to a gullible public. The most accurate review so far is James Rocchis summing-up for Cinematical: Charlie Wilsons War isnt just bad history; it feels even more malign, like a conscious attempt to induce amnesia......
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 11:15:44 +0000
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