Evo weighs in: Bolivian President Morales praises anti-capitalist message in 'Avatar'. AP, January 12, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i5HordAaSkeTws3iPWUodqzFZLgg
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia's first indigenous president is praising "Avatar" for what he calls its message of saving the environment from exploitation. A self-proclaimed socialist, Evo Morales says he identifies with the film's "profound show of resistance to capitalism and the struggle for the defence of nature." James Cameron's "Avatar" tells of the mystic, nature-loving Na'vi - tall blue creatures who inhabit the planet Pandora and must contend with humans intent on grabbing its resources. It has earned more than $1.1 billion worldwide since its release last month. Morales' comments were reported Tuesday by the official news agency ABI. ABI said he watched the film with his daughter Sunday in his third-ever trip to the movies. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Devine wrote: >> >> Louis Proyect wrote: >>> >>> “Avatar” has triggered one of the more interesting debates on >>> the left in quite some time. Some critics such as me and >>> Prairie Miller, a comrade from the James Agee Critics Circle, >>> hail it as pop culture assault on colonialism while others >>> view it as a paternalistic treatment based on the White >>> Savior paradigm found in “Dances With Wolves”.< >> >> can't it be both of these? > > > I suppose so, but I was describing the debate not the position of some > arbitrator. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
