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Iran tries to pacify protest with LOTR Trilogy
i stumbled across a piece of somewhat bizarre news....
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906740,00.html
"Iranian state television's Channel Two is playing a Lord of the Rings marathon in an attempt to keep people inside watching hobbits and not protesting in the streets. Normally people in Tehran are treated to one or two Hollywood movies a week, but with recent events the government hopes that sitting through a nine hour trilogy will take the fight out of most. Perhaps this was not the best choice in films if you want your people not to believe that "even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
i'm not sure if the LOTR marathon have anything to do with the protests, but it is state television.
so, if you were heavily supporting a reformist movement in your country would a movie marathon keep you from protesting?, and if so what movies would keep you at home watching TV, taking into acount the televison networks only show one or two hollywood movies per week?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906740,00.html
"Iranian state television's Channel Two is playing a Lord of the Rings marathon in an attempt to keep people inside watching hobbits and not protesting in the streets. Normally people in Tehran are treated to one or two Hollywood movies a week, but with recent events the government hopes that sitting through a nine hour trilogy will take the fight out of most. Perhaps this was not the best choice in films if you want your people not to believe that "even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
i'm not sure if the LOTR marathon have anything to do with the protests, but it is state television.
so, if you were heavily supporting a reformist movement in your country would a movie marathon keep you from protesting?, and if so what movies would keep you at home watching TV, taking into acount the televison networks only show one or two hollywood movies per week?
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Permalink Reply by ghostwriter on -
Now isn't this the regime that HATES all forms of Western Culture?
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Permalink Reply by Witten on -
after a week of mass protests letting 'em watch peter jackson's epic won't hurt.
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Permalink Reply by Harms on -
Won't that make things worse? It's a movie about people fighting against a tyrannical force.
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Permalink Reply by Witten on
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lol, it says in the article that the folks at the state television who dubbed the movie tried to make the good guys seem like the government forces.
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