Commentary From The Sparks Tribune
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Sparks Trib 11/12/06
THE DARK SIDE
Fashion is the most personal expression of both the individual and
collective mood of the people. We wear what we are, from the kilts of
Scotland to the expressively shapeless French beret. America, with our
opportunistic fashion industry, is particularly subject to changing
styles to match the national psyche.
From the nihilist beatnik chic of old army field jackets and black
turtlenecks, ( with black leotards and heavy eye shadow for the pallid
‘50’s femmes), to the Nehru jackets and bell bottoms of the flower power
period the American mood has been reflected in the dress of the dominant
social attitude. Now, with our nation at war, the trend has once again
defined itself, and our leaders, media stars and business moguls have
all adopted a funeral air.
Black is back with, if you will, a vengeance!
The president, his advisors, the opposition party leaders and the
assorted talking head neo journalists of every network are dressed in
black suits, often with blood red ties, but that'’ another story
entirely. T.V. hosts welcome guests all of whom are dressed in black.
Black suited democrats pretend to differ from their republican mirror
images , despite the obvious visual evidence that both are part of the
same power elite ruling class.
Now black is one of the few serious symbols in western culture. The
"Women in Black" demonstrators who line main streets around the world
each Friday afternoon to protest against war understand the impact of
their costumes. DEATH and EVIL are the meanings attached to Black, and
that aura carried over to the conquest of Africa, where black people
were sold as domestic animals for their pigmentation, and continues at
the heart of the racist problems of our society today. Hell is a place
of eternal darkness and infernal fires that shed no light on the
suffering. Crime occurs in the dark of night, and the Pentagon depends
on night assaults in the dark of the desert moon in Iraq.
It may well be said that America has joined the Dark Side, as
depicted in the Star Wars. Our overwhelming military technology, with
GPS guided smart munitions and total air superiority, is much like the
Empire’s "Death Star", and the stated ambitions to monger a "New
American Century" by force of arms certainly rhymes with "imperialism"
in the poems of power. The operative question then becomes who is Darth
Vader, and where are the Jeddi now that we need them?
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