"V" a raving leftwing paranoid fantasy?

Feder: Weekend's Hit Movie Has "All of the Celluloid Left's Paranoid
Fantasies"
Posted by Tim Graham on March 20, 2006 - 11:05.
http://newsbusters.org/node/4520

Columnist Don Feder has viewed the new shaved-Natalie Portman movie, "V
for Vendetta," and he is not a fan, as he reports for Front Page
Magazine:

"V for Vendetta," which opened on Friday, combines all of the
celluloid left's paranoid fantasies - Christian conservatives in
charge
of a brutal regime, the war-on-terrorism as an excuse for the
suppression of civil liberties, homosexuals harassed and killed by
conservative Christians, a pedophile priest (who works miter-in-hand
with the regime) and an attack blamed on terrorists that's really a
right-wing conspiracy.

All that's missing is a Halliburton connection. For that,
we'll
have to wait for "V - The Return."

"V" opens in Britain circa 2020. America has succumbed to plague,
civil war, and chaos. (Bush's fault, no doubt.) The UK is ruled by a
fascist regime with strong Christian overtones - the party's slogan
is
"Strength through Unity; Unity through Faith." Its symbol is a stylized
cross, and its enforcers are a quasi-religious police.

As the film opens, Britain's most popular commentator is
explaining
how America's fall was ordained by its embrace of "degeneracy," as
flecks of saliva fly from his mouth.

The Brit Reich is headed by Chancellor Sutler - played by a
cadaverous John Hurt (who looks like a cross between Hitler and Kate
Moss). Hurt is incapable of delivering his lines unless he's: A)
Screaming B) Sneering or C) on the verge of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Feder is appalled that one character explains to Bald Natalie that the
Koran is a book that inspires him with its beautiful illustrations and
poetry:

The only reference to Islam has to do with beauty and poetry. "V"
has other targets on its radar screen. In terms of bashing the Right
and
demonizing Christians - with "V," Hollywood is completely in
character.

Need a clichéd bad guy? Call central casting for a stock
lecherous
priest, hypocritical evangelical, repressive preacher or sadistic nun.
Whether now or in the past, committed Christians are regularly
portrayed
as characters who should be committed - fanatical, hypocritical,
cowardly, avaricious and lustful. Think "Kingdom of Heaven," "King
Arthur," "Saved," "The Magdalene Sisters," "Priest," The Order,"
"Dogma," "Stigmata," and the movie version of "The DaVinci Code,"
coming
out in May.

As much a staple as the evil Christian is the unprincipled,
power-mad conservative politician, general, or businessman.

Starting with "Dr. Strangelove" and "Seven Days In May,"
proceeding
to "The Manchurian Candidate" (both the '60s original and the recent
remake), "Dreamscape," "The American President," "The Contender" (with
Gary Oldman doing his Bob Dole impression), "Bulworth," "The Day After
Tomorrow" (where the destruction of America in a global climate
catastrophe is blamed on a conservative vice president opposed to the
Kyoto Treaty) - well, you get the picture.

"V for Vendetta" is distinguished by envelope-pushing, combined
with an unapologetic glorification of terrorism.

The title character (who begins the movie by blowing up the Old
Bailey and ends with the demolition of Parliament) is a noble soul -
a
courageous, long-suffering, philosophical bloke, who appreciates jazz,
Renaissance paintings, weepy old movies, and high-cholesterol cooking.

This is Hollywood's romanticized take on terrorists - far
removed
from the reality of Koran-happy sadists who plant nail-packed bombs in
restaurants frequented by families with young children.

Feder goes on about Hollywood's inability to lecture credibly about
terrorism or tyranny. That's for sure.

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