Going Up
Thursday, June 24th, 2004|
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| The hotel construction at Astor Place continues. The wonky looking pillars at the top are a result of my hasty Photoshop joining of two photos for this vertical pano. |
Fahrenheit 911
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004Fahrenheit 911 opened in two Manhattan theaters today. I got to the Lincoln Plaza at 1:30 to find the 2:30 show sold out, but I was able to get a ticket for the 3:40 show. All the evening shows were gone. It’s supposed to be in 8 Manhattan theaters on Friday. Mostly in Loews theaters. Oddly Loews was just bought by the Carlisle Group. So we’ll see.
There are several belly laughs here, many chuckles, and much that needs be seen to be believed. Our smug and fearless leaders are endlessly amusing in their tics, foibles, and tells.
The film is rated R. The rating is somewhat defensible. There are several essential bloody images that are a bit hard to take. But it should have been a PG13.
This film, by the scruffy, funny fat man, is deadly serious. The graphic presentation of so much disturbing information about our Selected-In-Thief and pals, left me devastated. The audience erupted in cheers at the end. I joined the clapping but was unable to cheer so soon after watching a mother collapse in front of the White House. She was crying for her son, sacrificed for this immoral war. Tears are more appropriate.
If we don’t vote these fools out in November we are doomed.
Update: Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has achieved record-breaking single day grosses at both Manhattan’s Loew’s Village 7 theater and Manhattan’s Lincoln Plaza theater, the two theaters at which it opened today
Bye Bye Broadcast Free Speech
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004Senate votes 99-1 to increase FCC’s indecency fines
This bill essentially puts the determination of what is “indecent” in the hands of the appointed bureaucrats of the FCC.
Today might have been Howard Stern‘s last day on the radio, as he has said he is not willing to subject himself to the possibility of these fines, contract or not.
Update Wednesday morning: Stern says as soon as the Senate bill is reconciled with the House version and signed by Bush, he will complete the year-and-a-half left on his Infinity contract as a dj, playing music. His partner Robin Quivers says she is moving to Mars.
Defense Indecency
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004“Indecency” fines attached to defense bill
Monday, Sen. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, is expected to try to amend a defense bill moving through the Senate to raise fines for indecency to as much as $275,000 per incident and up to a maximum of $3 million a day.
