On Sun, 5 Aug 2018 00:31:16 -0400, jonetsu wrote: >Absolutely. You posted a cheap, stereotypical video that's solely made >to exploit a certain narrow range of emotions where truly humane >feelings have no place and are even debased. It is expected that under >those restrictive adopted limits one would immediately feel outraged at >a same strong opinion going the other way. Because there's no leeway, >despite all the pseudo goodness and pseudo chivalry, to squarely face >the exploitation aspect of such propaganda. It's well made sarcastic humour, from the times before "political correctness" became a plague, so it is, but not that that much playing with the starry-eyed idealism you mentioned, but more with the general issue of turning a blind eye. Keep in mind the film is older than a quarter of a century. I suspect for the older generation (people of my age, around 50 years young) that this is the most known short film in Germany, even in my hometown Oberhausen, the city of the "International Short Film Festival Oberhausen". I guess here it's even more known, than the media hyped Oscar winner short film "Balance", that is also from around a quarter of a century. Btw. to eat something or to listen to music even by using headphones in most, if not all German local public transport vehicles is not permitted. Joking aside, the translation is missing some nice humour. The word "Hottentotten" is translated with "savages", https://www.dict.cc/?s=hottentotten . Around a quarter of a century this film was often shown by public service broadcasting. Showing this film would be much more suitable nowadays, so here is a conspiracy theory: The governing coalition would dislike to show it nowadays and public service broadcasting cares about the wishes of the governing coalition. "Black" helicopters, I need to leave the building. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
