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STUPIDITY plays tonight, tomorrow in OXFORD

Moron | 25.10.2004 13:18 | London | Oxford

The popular Bush-bashing and groundbreaking documentary Stupidity plays Oxford.

 http://www.oxdox.com/oxdox/films/stupidity.html

 
 
 
 Screenings:

25 October 8.05 p.m. Ozone Multiplex
26 October 7.00 p.m. Oxford Brookes (The Lloyd Lecture Theatre)


Stupidity        

Director: Albert Nerenberg
Running Time: 80 minutes    
Canada 2003

Post Screening Discussion with Director


Hilarious, brilliantly observed and very scary. Being stupid (or as Nerenberg tactfully remarks ‘a good example of resisting intelligence’) is no impediment to becoming a superstar with very good looking security guys, in fact, in our society, stupidity is often an advantage.

Stupidity sells in the marketplace whether it’s movie stars or presidential politics.  Setting out on an exhaustive search for its origins and true meaning, he takes us through sound bites from television news, reality TV shows, internet sites, popular films and then on to institutions of higher learning obsessed with the study of intelligence.

After a tour through the worlds of fundamentalist religion and politics he finally arrives at George W. Bush. What starts out as an entertaining romp through mass culture soon becomes ominous as cultural critics, authors, academics, entertainers, and people on the street reveal the economics and politics behind the dumbing down of contemporary culture.


Screenings:

25 October 8.05 p.m. Ozone Multiplex
26 October 7.00 p.m. Oxford Brookes (The Lloyd Lecture Theatre)


Moron

Comments

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Groundbreaking stuff!

26.10.2004 01:36

Bush is stupid? What an original message. Very brave, too. I just hope the furore caused by the unheard-of suggestion that the President of the US isn't intelligent doesn't overshadow what will doubtless be a fascinating showing. Congratulations on being so counter-cultural, and daring to challenge the mainstream.

Oh, here's something interesting:
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/politics/campaign/24points.html

PhilTH


Stupidity

26.10.2004 21:47

Gee! Wow! A link to a corporate press page, inviting us to learn about how stupid both your candidates for pResident are!
Hahahahahaha!

Hey thanks! And God bless!

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