My interview with Stephen Richards last Friday dealt extensively with the failed "War on Drugs." Turns out the new movie "A Scanner Darkly," based on the 1977 novel by the late, great Philip K. Dick, paints a terrifying picture of the drug war's police state path. Writer Steven Kotler says that the movie, "presents a land where paranoia reigns supreme. Unlike Orwell’s Big Brother iron fist, 'A Scanner Darkly' gives us governmental oppression that’s two-thirds mind-fuck and one-third surreal tragedy—in other words, something very akin to what we’re seeing from the Bush administration." Kotler's worried that the film may actually be providing prescriptive advice for HOW the feds can undermine individual rights even more than is currently the case.
Monday, May 15, 2006
A Scanner Darkly
My interview with Stephen Richards last Friday dealt extensively with the failed "War on Drugs." Turns out the new movie "A Scanner Darkly," based on the 1977 novel by the late, great Philip K. Dick, paints a terrifying picture of the drug war's police state path. Writer Steven Kotler says that the movie, "presents a land where paranoia reigns supreme. Unlike Orwell’s Big Brother iron fist, 'A Scanner Darkly' gives us governmental oppression that’s two-thirds mind-fuck and one-third surreal tragedy—in other words, something very akin to what we’re seeing from the Bush administration." Kotler's worried that the film may actually be providing prescriptive advice for HOW the feds can undermine individual rights even more than is currently the case.
I teach Communication Studies (First Amendment, Classical Rhetoric, Civic Engagement, Rhetoric of Rock Music) at UW Oshkosh. Served two terms on Oshkosh City Council. Originally from Brooklyn, NY.
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*sigh*
You said it again.
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