Now, this is more like it.
The filmmakers of REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM take a back seat and keep a low profile and simply let their subject speak, what with Mr. Chomsky being fascinating enough to carry a documentary on his shoulders.
Granted, some of what is discussed here can be a bit circumlocutory and abstractive for the average person, but for the most part it makes perfect sense and important points are made.
For decades now, this especially discerning and cerebral secular sage -- a man who has spent much of his life scrutinizing and comparing newspaper editorials, and commenting on the influence of Big Media upon the masses -- has been emphasizing just how propaganda functions within a democratic society.
This exceptional talkfest is one that I would recommend to anyone not already familiar with Chomsky's work.
We learn, for instance, what the power elite or global Plutonomy think of us commoners: as know-nothing plebeians and ignorant peasants, whose only purpose for living is to consume. Chomsky talks about the injustices that have occurred as a result of U.S. foreign policy, of wage slavery, monopolies and conglomerates, economic exploitation, stage-managed elections, how things like professional sports are somewhat designed to distract and keep the have-nots from thinking, as well as his views on free association and the importance of the alternative media.
This is not a long documentary, nor does it need to be. In certain respects, it works both as a fine introduction as well as a fitting conclusion.
The filmmakers of REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM take a back seat and keep a low profile and simply let their subject speak, what with Mr. Chomsky being fascinating enough to carry a documentary on his shoulders.
Granted, some of what is discussed here can be a bit circumlocutory and abstractive for the average person, but for the most part it makes perfect sense and important points are made.
For decades now, this especially discerning and cerebral secular sage -- a man who has spent much of his life scrutinizing and comparing newspaper editorials, and commenting on the influence of Big Media upon the masses -- has been emphasizing just how propaganda functions within a democratic society.
This exceptional talkfest is one that I would recommend to anyone not already familiar with Chomsky's work.
We learn, for instance, what the power elite or global Plutonomy think of us commoners: as know-nothing plebeians and ignorant peasants, whose only purpose for living is to consume. Chomsky talks about the injustices that have occurred as a result of U.S. foreign policy, of wage slavery, monopolies and conglomerates, economic exploitation, stage-managed elections, how things like professional sports are somewhat designed to distract and keep the have-nots from thinking, as well as his views on free association and the importance of the alternative media.
This is not a long documentary, nor does it need to be. In certain respects, it works both as a fine introduction as well as a fitting conclusion.