Posted on 09/06/2012 7:52:45 AM PDT by WileyC
It goes without saying that the Left absolutely hates Dinesh's blockbuster, 2016. And those who do mention it, do so with a vitriol they once only reserved for the Bush clan. The real question is why aren't all of them jumping on the bashwagon?
The only plausible explanation is that they realize that any publicity can only help the movie... and the movie's narrative. Unlike individuals, who can have their reputations and popularity tarnished by repeated attacks, this bit of cinema only shines brighter the more attention they draw to it. By keeping the tone scholarly and conversational, D'Souza effectively prevents quotes or snippets from being taken out of context and used in attacks.
Given that it is relatively immune to anything except 'foaming at the mouth' attacks, and even those assaults would only drive more people to the theater, liberals are hoping to ignore it to death. Unfortunately for them, the Uncertain Middle (the ones who watch both CNN and FOX) might be intrigued by what they are hearing and pony up their $9-$16 to see it firsthand.
I'd tell them to save their money but I want the theaters to continue to fill up for awhile longer. The reason I say this is that I strongly suspect he will push this to DVD and possibly to even free distribution sometime before November.
P.S. A relative asked my fourteen year-old daughter what movie she wanted to see, she picked 2016. I'm so proud of her! (This is the vanity portion of my post, ha!)
,,,,,, simply put ,,,, it would just create more people to be curious and perhaps want to see it . Don’t say anything and maybe it will go away .
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM SYNDROM .
I saw the movie and was disappointed and frustrated. The background music overpowered the narrative and made it hard to understand for long segments. Much of the time the narration was a mere mumble under the music out of which I could pick a few words. One would think that a video editor on a PC could have rebalanced the sound easily enough.
The movie ran the risk of getting one tiny thing incorrect, the media would have trumped it up to discredit the entire thing. The media could not find anything, or anything to spin; apparently.
Remember the Clinton era Whitehouse security manager who wrote a book? He apparently made minor factual errors and the whole expose’ was effectively discredited.
This was my reaction too when I first saw the film. There is so much that he has done in office. The 900 executive orders that take over the role of Congress, the grabs of power hidden in the legislation he has rammed through, there’s so much. Some of it not simple enough for a movie, maybe that’s why.
Although I didn’t watch it (don’t have HBO) I noticed that D’Souza was on Bill Maher last night.
I’ll never understand why any conservative would accept an invitation to Maher’s show.
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