I'm Ba-aack!
Sorry to go three weeks without an update to this blog, but law school finals tend to keep one busy. Yeah, I finished on Friday, but after five exams in two weeks I needed a few days of doing nothing.
I actually caught a movie in the theater for the first time since January. I saw Thank You For Smoking, a pretty funny satire about a guy who's the spokesman for Big Tobacco.
One thing I noticed that kind of bothered me: the movie's about the cigarette industry, but nowhere in the film does it depict people lighting up. In fact, the protagonist is supposed to be a smoker, but I couldn't even tell until the almost end of the movie. Considering that the movie makes a big statement about personal choice, it's kind of depressing that Thank You For Smoking bends to calls for self-censorship when it comes to showing smoking on screen.
Anyway, it's great to be back!
I actually caught a movie in the theater for the first time since January. I saw Thank You For Smoking, a pretty funny satire about a guy who's the spokesman for Big Tobacco.
One thing I noticed that kind of bothered me: the movie's about the cigarette industry, but nowhere in the film does it depict people lighting up. In fact, the protagonist is supposed to be a smoker, but I couldn't even tell until the almost end of the movie. Considering that the movie makes a big statement about personal choice, it's kind of depressing that Thank You For Smoking bends to calls for self-censorship when it comes to showing smoking on screen.
Anyway, it's great to be back!
posted by Mack T. Harrison at 8:21 AM
3 Comments:
It's good to have you back. I look forward to your posts.
Thanks, Shaine! I appreciate you taking the time to read my blog, and I enjoy your work as well.
We have missed your observations on the world. Keep it coming, those darn books aren't going anywhere.
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