Re: Propaganda et Nauseum - "The Art of War"

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 09:20:43 MDT


Was this a genuine pro-Chinese film, or a "yellow-peril" film, or an
anti-commie film? Those Red Army Slogans seemed to work well on an internal
Chinese audience for a few decades. Even the Boxers of the 1905 Boxer
rebellion, called themselves the Glorious Harmony Fists. Sounds like a
cultural thang going-on.

In a message dated 9/6/00 9:53:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
philosborn@hotmail.com writes:

<< My submission for most blatantly propagandistic film of the year - at
least
 in the U.S. There was a group of Chinese sitting a few rows behind me.
 When the film ended, I heard some of the Chinese women going, "AeeYah!," the
 universal Chinese expression of total exasperation. This is supposedly a
 pro-Chinese film, BTW. I am really curious as to who actually financed it.
 It really reminds me of some of those Red Army slogans - "the glorious
 vanguard of the victorious proletariat expresses its joy at the defeat of
 the vicious capitalist warmongering running dogs." AeeYah.. >>



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