Hm... I thought the Saudi sequence went on a bit long, but the message I took out of it wasn't (as one British journalist put it) that the Saudis rigged the 2000 election, or anything so nefarious... rather it explained why there was never ever any possibility of military retaliation against the Saudis for 9-11, although the majority of the hijackers were Saudi... which granted, probably has as much to do with them being willing to sell us oil and call us an ally as it does the Bush family...
I thought the long "Shiny Happy People" sequence was too long... and a bit silly, since a still photo of two guys shaking hands isn't really "shiny happy people holding hands." I'm guessing he did it for visual resonance... but I didn't think it worked that well. That said, I didn't see it as racist... maybe because Moore humanized the Iraqis in a way the mainstream news almost never does.
About that shirt... there's another t-shirt that says on the upper right chest, and then on the lower left chest. That amuses me, although I don't think I'd buy it. First off, my geek credentials aren't that good... second, who knows if they'd place the screen pattern properly for my boobs? What if it cut them off early? ;)
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I thought the long "Shiny Happy People" sequence was too long... and a bit silly, since a still photo of two guys shaking hands isn't really "shiny happy people holding hands." I'm guessing he did it for visual resonance... but I didn't think it worked that well. That said, I didn't see it as racist... maybe because Moore humanized the Iraqis in a way the mainstream news almost never does.
About that shirt... there's another t-shirt that says on the upper right chest, and then on the lower left chest. That amuses me, although I don't think I'd buy it. First off, my geek credentials aren't that good... second, who knows if they'd place the screen pattern properly for my boobs? What if it cut them off early? ;)