From: "Adam Reinardy" <skalholic-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Chris's schpeel-o-deal
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 12:37:42 PDT





>From: mokey <higginsc-AT-tcd.ie>
>Reply-To: mokey <higginsc-AT-tcd.ie>
>To: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
>CC: anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re: Chris's schpeel-o-deal
>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:52:30 +0100
>
>
>>Nobody here does either.  I think you have to be a third-wirld neolithic
>>clan member before you really get excited about the average trooper.
>
>speaking of which - Starship Troopers:  irony or far-right nutball
>militarism.  i can't decide.  you see, i've noticed a trend in lots of
>popular culture recently.  apparently, you're aloud get away with all sort
>of rubbish, because it's "ironic."  and i really don't think that some of
>it is.  like Starship Troopers.  Verhoven makes this ultra-nationalist
>gung-ho film, but it's okay, because the critics say it's a satire.  i
>remain to be convinced.
>
>colin
>
Does Verhoven know the meaning of satire (recall Showgirls as *serious 
drama*)




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