http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/living-with-the-infidels-episode-1-ample-abi/ LFM: The Voice of Freedom in Movies & Pop Culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/living-with-the-infidels-episode-1-ample-abi/comment-page-1/#comment-88 kishke Wed, 26 May 2010 17:51:21 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=1412#comment-88 Govindini, I get the point you're making, but I remember a time when terrorism (i.e. the deliberate murder of non-combatants for political gain) was absolutely shocking; when pretty much all decent people found someone like Yasir Arafar abhorrent. It would have been inconceivable to write comedy about such behavior; it would have been viewed as absolutely tasteless. That time is behind us. Terrorism has become something we are used to, and thus a "normal" part of life, and thus grist for the comedic mill, which (maybe) normalizes it still further. Govindini, I get the point you’re making, but I remember a time when terrorism (i.e. the deliberate murder of non-combatants for political gain) was absolutely shocking; when pretty much all decent people found someone like Yasir Arafar abhorrent. It would have been inconceivable to write comedy about such behavior; it would have been viewed as absolutely tasteless. That time is behind us. Terrorism has become something we are used to, and thus a “normal” part of life, and thus grist for the comedic mill, which (maybe) normalizes it still further.

]]> http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/living-with-the-infidels-episode-1-ample-abi/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Govindini Murty Wed, 26 May 2010 02:30:08 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=1412#comment-80 No - they actually ridicule it and deflate its pretensions to heroism by holding it up to laughter. And it's best that actors and filmmakers of Muslim/Arab/Persian/South-Asian/African descent do this because then Islamic terrorists from those parts of the world know that it isn't just Western whites who are out to critique them - but their own compatriots. No – they actually ridicule it and deflate its pretensions to heroism by holding it up to laughter. And it’s best that actors and filmmakers of Muslim/Arab/Persian/South-Asian/African descent do this because then Islamic terrorists from those parts of the world know that it isn’t just Western whites who are out to critique them – but their own compatriots.

]]> http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/living-with-the-infidels-episode-1-ample-abi/comment-page-1/#comment-76 kishke Tue, 25 May 2010 19:36:14 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=1412#comment-76 This is reasonably funny, but I wonder: Will such films as this and Four Lions "normalize" suicide bombing for the mainstream, and cause it to be viewed with less horror than it should? This is reasonably funny, but I wonder: Will such films as this and Four Lions “normalize” suicide bombing for the mainstream, and cause it to be viewed with less horror than it should?

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