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Under ordinary circumstances, it would have been unthinkable. A group of Saudi commoners telling their prince outright that the country needed to be shaken up? Preposterous. But these are extraordinary times, as the small group of businessmen pointed out during a meeting two weeks ago with Prince Salman, governor of Riyadh and younger brother and confidant of King Fahd. "This is the biggest challenge we have ever faced," said one entrepreneur, mindful of the menacing forces of Saddam Hussein gathered just 300 miles to the north. Said another, summoning his courage: "We have to confront our internal issues...
...matters, the group asserted, demanded urgent attention. First, the nation's defenses must be stiffened. Prince Salman nodded in agreement. Second, the businessmen said with some trepidation, the people of Saudi Arabia must have a greater say in the affairs of the land. The prince, reported one participant, listened to this second petition, "but he didn't like what he heard...
Unfortunately, good artists are too often ignored by a public starved for sensationalism. People have chosen to respond only to art that gains notoriety, deservedly or not. Recently, the writings of Salman Rushdie and the music of 2-Live Crew have gained psychological and economic have benefited from such publicity, sometimes undeservedly. It would be unfortunate if, amongst heated debates concerning the rights, roles, and responsibilities of artists, art paid the price. The questions of freedom of expression, sensitivity, morality, sexuality and sensuality, aesthetics, and culture need to be answered someday. Repression of anything that sparks debate like that...
COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU. Salman Rushdie: eyes bloody, enveloped in flames, struck dead by an angry god. The Ayatullah Khomeini tried to arrange this denouement but wasn't able to bring it off before his own death last year, so a Pakistani studio has produced a movie that features three mujahedin setting out on a Rambo-style trek to kill the offending author of The Satanic Verses. In his celluloid incarnation, Rushdie is depicted as a boozy member of a Jewish cabal who lives in a luxurious palace surrounded by plump Punjabi bimbos and who likes...
...Item: Salman Rushdie's death-defying novel, The Satanic Verses, sold 746,949 copies, putting this brilliant, difficult author near the neighborhood of Tom Clancy, Stephen King and Danielle Steel...