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venetia_sassyWatched three documentaries over the last few days.
Doco #1: Public Enemy #1
I had a vague idea of John Dillinger as an American bank robber of the early 20th century, popular with the public, but that was about it. This doco was a good overview of his life, 'career', how he was pursued by the authorities and why the public took to him. It was almost sad to see the inevitable escalation of the crimes and the final showdown with police.
"I'm traveling a one-way road, and I'm not fooling myself as to what the end will be. If I surrender, I know it means the electric chair. If I go on, it's just a question of how much time I have left."
Further information here.
Doco #2: Striptease Unveiled
It never occurred to me that the striptease had to be invented but apparently it's only been around (publically) for a hundred years or so. Huh.
It was interesting, seeing the different forms of striptease (or just stripping) and I would like to get a non-Freudian explanation for why, even in classical times when male genitalia was all over art, female genitalia was not displayed.
Doco #3: The Hungry Tide
Not so light-hearted. The central Pacific nation of Kiribati is threatened by the effects of climate change. This doco was showing those effects and the efforts of the islanders to get the bigger countries to listen. But as one islander said after the Copenhagen summit, 'these people are deaf and dumb and they are blind. They will not hear what we are saying.'
It always infuriates me to hear climate change deniers not wanting to change anything they're doing. Hey, here's an idea. Whether climate change is natural or not, it's happening and has to be dealt with. If there are things we can do to slow it down, let's do them so we have more time to figure out how to deal with future situations. Oh, you don't think pollution has anything to do with it? So what? We shouldn't be polluting the earth anyway. We only have one planet and we need to look after it.
The Kiribati islanders are doing their best to look after their people and their islands. They were promised funds to assist them in dealing with climate change. Those funds have not yet materialised.
Doco #1: Public Enemy #1
I had a vague idea of John Dillinger as an American bank robber of the early 20th century, popular with the public, but that was about it. This doco was a good overview of his life, 'career', how he was pursued by the authorities and why the public took to him. It was almost sad to see the inevitable escalation of the crimes and the final showdown with police.
"I'm traveling a one-way road, and I'm not fooling myself as to what the end will be. If I surrender, I know it means the electric chair. If I go on, it's just a question of how much time I have left."
Further information here.
Doco #2: Striptease Unveiled
It never occurred to me that the striptease had to be invented but apparently it's only been around (publically) for a hundred years or so. Huh.
It was interesting, seeing the different forms of striptease (or just stripping) and I would like to get a non-Freudian explanation for why, even in classical times when male genitalia was all over art, female genitalia was not displayed.
Doco #3: The Hungry Tide
Not so light-hearted. The central Pacific nation of Kiribati is threatened by the effects of climate change. This doco was showing those effects and the efforts of the islanders to get the bigger countries to listen. But as one islander said after the Copenhagen summit, 'these people are deaf and dumb and they are blind. They will not hear what we are saying.'
It always infuriates me to hear climate change deniers not wanting to change anything they're doing. Hey, here's an idea. Whether climate change is natural or not, it's happening and has to be dealt with. If there are things we can do to slow it down, let's do them so we have more time to figure out how to deal with future situations. Oh, you don't think pollution has anything to do with it? So what? We shouldn't be polluting the earth anyway. We only have one planet and we need to look after it.
The Kiribati islanders are doing their best to look after their people and their islands. They were promised funds to assist them in dealing with climate change. Those funds have not yet materialised.
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Date: 2011-10-16 05:11 pm (UTC)I really don't understand how some people absolutely refuse to believe that things have changed and will continue to change. In part, yes, a lot of the damage is due to mankind's use and abuse of natural resources. A lot of it has to do with the fact that things age, change and evolve. I mean, it's not like we live in a bubble, suspended in time, where nothing can touch us. *shakes heads at the naysayers*