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Comment on Vietnam War returning to the screen by Dave McGown

Dave McGown — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:49:53 +0000

I was assigned to the Americal Div PIO Office at the time. We put out a division magazine, and I have the issue with the article on “Operation Pinkville”. As it happened, the issue
came out right around the time Lt. Calley and others were being escorted into the Adjutant General’s “Court House” which usually sat empty and quiet just a horseshoe throw from the PIO hooch. (There was a volleyball net in between.) No one knew what was going on next door…classified. But, my cynicism was reaffirmed when later I compared the official description we published with the fall-out that ensued. PS. I don’t remember anyone as old as Bruce or Woody except for a very few top brass or senior NCOs.

Comment on New Book — Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics by Jeff Atkinson

Jeff Atkinson — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:01:09 +0000

I must say this is a great article i enjoyed reading it keep the good work

Comment on Tony Soprano not dead — not bad for a fictional character by Editor

Editor — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:10:53 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Michele. I agree with your sentiments.

On that note, there would appear to be some chance — slim perhaps — of a further movie treatment of the show. There seems to be so much more to the story that could be told. We’ll have to wait and see if Chase, the actors, and the suits at HBO can agree on anything. (Thankfully, I don’t think they would even consider it unless they come up with an excellent script.) -GA

Comment on Tony Soprano not dead — not bad for a fictional character by michele squires

michele squires — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:11:31 +0000

Ok………So why did the show have to end at all? Why Mr. Chase why?

Comment on Five Movies about the Vietnam War worth seeing by Editor

Editor — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:39:24 +0000

Thanks, Cliff. Yes, I agree these are good ones. Haven’t seen them in a while , and so I think I’ll check them out again myself. Thanks for the suggestions and all the best. –GA

Comment on Five Movies about the Vietnam War worth seeing by Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:14:14 +0000

Can I offer a couple more Vietnam movies that have been overlooked: “The Boys From Company C” (excellent cast of unknowns) and “Go Tell the Spartans” (telling of the early days of the conflict). Check them both out, they’re well worth seeing.
Highly recommended.

Comment on Culture Watch: TV’s Kid Nation by Winter Street Review

Winter Street Review — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:18:34 +0000

Scott,
Thanks for your thoughtful comments. You make solid points worth thinking about. –GA

Comment on Culture Watch: TV’s Kid Nation by Scott W

Scott W — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:25:06 +0000

I agree with your points about Kid Nation. My main problem with the show is the same I have with other “reality” shows. They are NOT real, but they ARE really contrived to lead the audience on an emotional journey that often departs far from reason.

I made similar points in my Sept. 20 post “What the World Needs Now is Kids, Just Kids” on our FamilyLife Culture Watch blog. Show producers are playing on the old theme that adults are children gone bad, and what the world needs is a few pure-hearted children to solve the problem of this adult-riddled world.

What the show’s creators haven’t come clean about is that they provide the children with both a governmental structure and a system of rewards that prevents them from ending up like the characters in Lord of the Flies. By the way, the governmental system and reward structure are handed down by millenia of adults who have grappled with the inborn problem of self-centeredness.

Still, I’m going to give the show a watch. I believe it will offer some good object lessons to share with my children as we see right and wrong ways of handling problems, the importance of social restraining structures, and the fallacies the media use to create a “reality” experience.

Comment on Word search by Ultraschallreiniger

Ultraschallreiniger — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:11:39 +0000

nice blog

Comment on Art notes — Remembering Larry Zox, 1936-2006 by Bill Gusky

Bill Gusky — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:48:23 +0000

Color Field painting was a product of its times. Though largely neglected now, taken on its own terms it provides a fascinating window into one way that visual artists responded to the uncertainty of the Cold War period. It also hints at an optimistic faith that modernity would provide new answers and experiences to a weary world.

Well put. I might add that Zox’s work is a rich experience even when disregarding its art historical context. Interestingly enough I see the suggestions of a resurgence of interest in the historical figures of Color Field painting. Perhaps a new generation of artists will be inspired to explore the formal assertions and expressive potential of this work.