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Sunday, February 26, 2006
Support "Paradise Now"
There is a war of petitions going on about "Paradise Now." Some want its nomination for an Oscar revoked. Others want the film entered under "Palestinian Authority" not "Palestine" because, according to them, "Palestine" does not exist (apparently the Palestinians have not graduated to arguing for their "right" to exist; they still have to struggle to prove they "actually" exist and are not some ghostly apparitions floating in the Middle East). I don't think the pro-film petition describes the film well, but the intention of supporting "Paradise Now" is a good one.
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Who are all of these people with time to bicker over a nomination of a film for an Oscar? I think that there are much more important issues out there (got levys?, environmental degredation, etc.). But hey, lets argue over a movie.
I wonder how many people even saw the movie rather than "hear" about it from their sources of authority, or simply see the word "Palestinian" within blurbs about the movie.
I think a petition against dumb petitions needs to be started.
well, people who are irked so much by a Palestinian entry, who bristle at the mere mention of the P word, particularly if we are talking culture and international recognition.
The people with the counter petition are worried that these stupid petitions may succeed. After all, Divine Intervention, another Palestinian film, was denied entry into the Oscars two years ago because there was no Palestinian state and they only accepted entries from sovereign states, which wasn't true.
Personanlly, comes Oscars night I'm rooting for both Parasdise Now and Jon Stewart. Almost equally.
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