Mark Morford - Done With Violence

[Justpat]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2006/03/15/notes031506.DTL&nl=fx



"Violence no longer informs me. It no longer has the power to teach. It is a one-note song I've heard so many times it has lost
its power to stun or impress or delve deep. It now merely tears at the fabric of the soul, punches holes in the anima, scrapes
its knuckles on the pavement of hate, and you can shrug and roll your eyes and go watch "The Hills Have Eyes" or "Saw II" or
even play some hi-res shockingly ultraviolent video game and enjoy the brutal escapism and wallow in the bloodshed while pretending
it's not slowly, quietly blackening your world view like a smoker sucking down another carton of Marlboro Reds, but deep down,
where the meanings are, I think maybe, just maybe, you might be seriously mistaken."



I don't know what else to say to this except: Amen, brother Mark.
One of his best columns and I agree with every word of it.

[FloridaPat]

1. Beautifully written

[xchrom]

2. just beautiful.

this guy is writting an amazing history in movie/popular culture critiques.

[unhappycamper]

3. Morford hits another one out of the park.

K&R