Thursday, March 29, 2007
Another 300 Review
This one should sound familiar:
This has pretty much been the Party Line from "liberal" movie reviewers and countless blogs. However in this case it is The Party Line. The above excerpts are from the Socialist Worker. It seems collectivist, multicultural minds do think alike.
Update, 3/30: Right on cue one of Cliopatria's Post Modern types (just don't call this rose a commie) Scott McLemee comments on a movie he admits to never seeing:
Further, those who enjoyed this film and think it was a worthy dramatic effort whatever the artistic license applied to the history are...drum roll please...fascists and Nazis:
These Post Modern deconstruction types who have based their entire careers ferreting out the hidden meanings of classic "texts" now critique 300 from the perspective of concrete bound literalists. However, irony is lost on these people. The mentioning of the admiration of Sparta by fascists in the 1920s and 1930s opens an interesting can of worms. First, both the fascists and Nazis were socialists. Second, both the Italian fascists and German Nazis were admirers of Plato. Alfred Rosenberg wrote that Plato was, "one who wanted in the end to save his people on a racial basis, through a forcible constitution, dictatorial in every detail." Third, Plato based his "forcible constitution" on Sparta. Fourth, Plato is the progenitor of the Communist cult to which the leftist critics of 300 subscribe.
Commies (of the big or little "C" variety) attacking their fountainhead makes for interesting ideological gymnastics. If only they would really repudiate Plato and all he represents.
Update II, 3/30: I think what has the Comrades really upset is the idea that 300 may result in an increased appreciation for the West's Greek heritage. A Classical revival that has an open admiration for Greek culture would undo a lot of their work in Multicultural propaganda. At least let's hope so.
Hat tip: OPFOR
It’s also a rank cesspool of racism, sexism, homophobia and “freedom-loving” pro-war propaganda.
The film is riddled with historical inaccuracies, but it’s the ones that send clear right-wing messages that are the most alarming. The filmmakers go to great lengths to portray the Persians as evil, decadent, cruel and effeminate, unlike the manly men of Sparta.
This has pretty much been the Party Line from "liberal" movie reviewers and countless blogs. However in this case it is The Party Line. The above excerpts are from the Socialist Worker. It seems collectivist, multicultural minds do think alike.
Update, 3/30: Right on cue one of Cliopatria's Post Modern types (just don't call this rose a commie) Scott McLemee comments on a movie he admits to never seeing:
Subsequent critical commentary on the film [such as the above?] has only reinforced that decision [not to view the subject of his tirade]-- while adding a layer of incredulity at the idea of the Spartans being portrayed as some kind of Republican focus group, a bunch of freedom-loving homophobes engaged in a joint campaign of the Culture Wars and the War on Terror.
Further, those who enjoyed this film and think it was a worthy dramatic effort whatever the artistic license applied to the history are...drum roll please...fascists and Nazis:
Conversely, in the early 20th century, when right-wing authoritarians in Europe looked to antiquity for a model, they, too, had an example in mind.Good thing we have post modern types around to lecture the rest of us on the differences between Sparta and Athens. For example, Victor Davis Hanson with a Ph.D in Classics from Stanford and who has written extensively on this very topic wouldn't have a proper understanding of the differing views of political philosophy amongst the Greek city states without the input of various leftist bloggers.
These Post Modern deconstruction types who have based their entire careers ferreting out the hidden meanings of classic "texts" now critique 300 from the perspective of concrete bound literalists. However, irony is lost on these people. The mentioning of the admiration of Sparta by fascists in the 1920s and 1930s opens an interesting can of worms. First, both the fascists and Nazis were socialists. Second, both the Italian fascists and German Nazis were admirers of Plato. Alfred Rosenberg wrote that Plato was, "one who wanted in the end to save his people on a racial basis, through a forcible constitution, dictatorial in every detail." Third, Plato based his "forcible constitution" on Sparta. Fourth, Plato is the progenitor of the Communist cult to which the leftist critics of 300 subscribe.
Commies (of the big or little "C" variety) attacking their fountainhead makes for interesting ideological gymnastics. If only they would really repudiate Plato and all he represents.
Update II, 3/30: I think what has the Comrades really upset is the idea that 300 may result in an increased appreciation for the West's Greek heritage. A Classical revival that has an open admiration for Greek culture would undo a lot of their work in Multicultural propaganda. At least let's hope so.
Hat tip: OPFOR
# posted by Grant Jones @ 1:57 PM 
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Aloha Grant!
Haven't seen 300 yet but will be sure to come back and visit you again!
My favorite Hawaiian memory? the song and dance for 'Going to the hookie-lau' (pardon my haole spelling)
Cheers and death to the dervish-
Dinah
Haven't seen 300 yet but will be sure to come back and visit you again!
My favorite Hawaiian memory? the song and dance for 'Going to the hookie-lau' (pardon my haole spelling)
Cheers and death to the dervish-
Dinah
Well then you need to check out "Kona Coast" with Richard Boone and Vera Miles. It is a flawed movie. HOWEVER, the scenery of Kona from back in 1968 is really worth watching.
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