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Hayao Miyazaki retires and destroys Hollywood
- graderjs 5y agoMiyazaki compared the visual politics of large-scale Hollywood productions such as the Lord of the Rings to the country’s international policies. Attacking America’s actions in Afghanistan, Miyazaki claimed that such projects are a dangerous addition to public discourse because they diminish the value of human life by weaponising the audience through cinematic violence. “How many people are being killed in attacks in Afghanistan? The Lord of the Rings is a movie that has no problem doing that [not separating civilians from enemies, apparently]. If you read the original work, you’ll understand, but in reality, the ones who were being killed are Asians and Africans. Those who don’t know that, yet say they love fantasy are idiots.” from the article
- PaulHoule 5y agoJapanese people went to China, Korea, the Philippines and other places in Asia in the 30's and 40's and went "bang" and haven't apologized for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_disputes White people don't have any monopoly on violence or imperialism.