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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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I am absolutely amazed , stunned actually that there are people in this day and age who think that the U.s. started the war with Japan.
Well one sucess . The GREAT Dumbing Down went well
Read what Japan was doing prior to the embargo. The invasion of China , the bombing of the U.s. Panay. I suugest you read the two part Rising Sun by Toland . the attack on Australia, the great drive through new guinea was on and they could not leave an American Fleet on their flankk.
That strategic consideration outweighed the oil embargo. Australia would give them all the materials and labor needed to finish off the Chinese.
But of course Argo is light propaganda. but it is just a movie. No reason to add some dark convoluted reasons behind the movie. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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From wikipedia: "Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed towards influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument. Propaganda is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes."
An essential piece of "propaganda" is intention, as in trying to sway opinion by presenting a favorable (or unfavorable) view of a certain site of an issue.
Argo is no doubt a highly dramatized take on a real life event. This same description also applies to countless other Hollywood movies that are not labeled as paranoia. What we do not see in Argo is intentional warping of information in order to change people's thinking; we simply see a highly dramatized story in a Hollywood style .
So is Argo historically accurate? Somewhat. Is it a true-to-life depiction of historic events? Obviously no. Is it biased towards sensationalism in order to become more exciting and/or appeal to an audience? Of course, it's a Hollywood movie. Is it trying to alter the opinions of the American population about the Iranian people? Only Ben Affleck knows for sure, but I certainly didn't see any examples of it. |
Well said.
Many on the far left and far right are ready to label something as propaganda at the drop of a hat. |
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