A Nation of Drama Queens?
Conservative talk radio is abuzz with the story; a Manhattan cineplex pulled the trailer for the movie United 93 because, according to Newsweek, it's all just too soon:
In New York City, where 9/11 remains an open wound, the response was even more dramatic. The AMC Loews theater on Manhattan's Upper West Side took the rare step of pulling the trailer from its screens after several complaints. "One lady was crying," says one of the theater's managers, Kevin Adjodha. "She was saying we shouldn't have [played the trailer]. That this was wrong ... I don't think people are ready for this."
Or, as the
Defamer (motto: "We're big, but we're not necessarily bright") says:
A theater in New York City has yanked the trailer for Universal's United 93 over concerns that people aren't ready for Hollywood to lend its trademark delicate touch to a national tragedy still fresh in people's minds, even if the movie is being released later this month one way or the other. The studio, however, isn't planning to recall or alter the preview footage, feeling it's a "responsible" and "fair" representation of the totally non-exploitative entertainment product to follow.
One wonders if
Syriana or Fahrenheit 911 qualified as "non-exploitative entertainment product".
Concerns about the trailer aside, the most important question isn't really if America is "ready" for a movie about the terrorist attacks--it's if we're ready for what will inevitably follow if the movie's box office reveals mainstream acceptance of the industry's 9-11-centered projects. Should United 93 open big, prepare yourselves for a romantic comedy about the unlikely chemistry between a charming conspiracy theorist (played by Charlie Sheen, naturally) and Reese Witherspoon's young, spunky widow of the attacks.
Y'know, I have little doubt that someone in Hollywood is watching the returns from
United 93 for that exact reason.
I also have little doubt that it'd go over like an Arianna Huffington centerfold anywhere between Bakersfield and the Hudson River (the "Defamer"'s assumptiosn aside).
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April 6, 2006 12:40 PM
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Wonder if the director started every shot by saying "Let's roll!"
Posted by: angryclown at April 6, 2006 05:21 PMMovies about 9/11 should not be released or even produced until the real story is told. The scenes of the largest murder in U.S. history have not been made available, from day one, to examine them for evidence of explosives or even evidence that Muslim terrorists were involved. Yet, a van carrying 5 Israeli men on 9/11 was found to contain residue from explosives, and the men were set free to return to Israel.
Shortly after 9/11, Benjamin Netanhayu remarked that 9/11 was good for Israel. How many of you sat there watching the towers burn and thought "Yes - this will be very good for Israel?"
At a meeting a short time later, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was warned not to continue attacks on the Palestinians because the response from the U.S. would not be favorable. His answer was that it didn't matter what our response would be because they control the United States. Telling words, don't you think?
Posted by: Teena at April 7, 2006 08:25 AM"Telling words, don't you think?"
Only to the delusional paranoid. Or an anti-semite.
"The scenes of the largest murder in U.S. history have not been made available"
I watched the second plane hit the tower. It's on film. The only reason the media doesn't play the footage is because it bolsters Bush's war on terror and they surely don't want to do that.
"even evidence that Muslim terrorists were involved"
Yeah that security footage of Atta and company boarding in Boston was not convincing...
Tell us Teena, what happened to the passengers on the four planes?
Posted by: Kermit at April 7, 2006 08:35 AMNo Teena, this is the usual batch of lies. Oh, it's true you say? Prove it.
AC, you really are a sociopath aren't you.
Posted by: billhedrick at April 7, 2006 08:35 AM"What happened to the passengers on the 4 planes?" To put on my conspiracy hat ( tin foil lined) I would reference the movie Millenium.
Posted by: billhedrick at April 7, 2006 08:37 AM/snark
The idea of the existence of people like Teena scares me right down to my toes.
Posted by: Ryan at April 7, 2006 09:29 AMI don't know what was in the trailer and how affecting it might be, but A&E's made-for-tv version of this story entitled "Flight 93" (debuted the end of January) was incredibly powerful. I expected it was going to be schlocky, but it was very well done and one of the most intense things I've ever watched on tv. Even though I knew all the details in advance, I was surprised to find my heart was in my throat almost from the opening moments.
There may well be an agenda behind pulling the trailer (or maybe just clever marketing to build "buzz"), but after seeing one version of this story on the small screen I'm not going to discount how strongly some might be affected, even by a trailer.
Fwiw, here's what I posted about A&E's Flight 93 on Feb. 1: http://thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1138823470.shtml
Posted by: Night Writer at April 7, 2006 10:20 AMTeena, that's nutty.
Posted by: angryclown at April 7, 2006 01:52 PM"Telling words, don't you think?"
Yeah, but not in the way you think they are.
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