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Tyler's video is an abstract, vaguely artistic interpretation of falling in and out of love - that is what "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is about, right? - a cinematic version of bad hotel art. It jumps from romantic cliché to cliché, with several non sequiturs thrown in for effect, and the literal version exploits them all. What do fencers have to do with love? What do gymnasts have to do with love? What do fencers have to do with gymnasts? What sort of school allows people to fence, do backflips and play football in the same room...
...problems started, as the article admits, when the Americans used us to fight their war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, spawning the Taliban and creating a refugee crisis that drained our resources. Now, again, we are plunged into an American war that is pushing us to the brink. We love our country and we will not succumb to terror - al-Qaeda's or America's. Nishat Mummunka, Lahore, Pakistan...
...returned from Europe almost two years ago to an Australia that frankly shocked me. Sadly, the "oi oi oi" bellowed boorishly at some gatherings reflects the oversimplified concept of country that is carried by the chanters. Further, this pseudo patriotism is being employed as an exclusionary device. Doesn't love of country mean that one does everything possible to build it into a happy, harmonious, inclusive place to live - a place where exclusion via overt, aggressive displays of identity are not welcome? Marilyn Hunt, Kent Town, Australia...
...think David Foster Wallace is one of the greatest writers that has ever lived. The majority of the movie is his words. I didn't change too much. I felt really nervous pretty much every day for about five years because I know how many people love his work...
...huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads a book before I read newer stuff, which is probably not all that progressive, and it's not really going to make me a better reader. I'm like, "Oh, my God, you should read To Kill a Mockingbird." And people are like, "I'm not 15." Still good, though...