Brilliant piece by Massad on French racism which almost anyone who has been to France has seen and experienced. French colonialism, under the grandiose heading of a mission civilisatrice, has clearly failed to civilize, most of all, the French themselves. The mission, it would seem, remains unaccomplished! In stark contrast, the Hollywood version of Chris Kyle is complex and likable. I knew going into the movie that Kyle would be sanitized for mass appeal. What I was not prepared for is the outrageous lengths to which the film goes to erase US criminality in Iraq while portraying the local Arab population, including small children, as irrationally violent monsters.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:05:17 +0000
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