Chris Hayes and Oliver Stone: a fascinating discussion
by digby
Chris Hayes hosted Oliver Stone this morning for a rare long form discussion of his work and the Showtime Documentary Series “The Untold History of the United States.” It’s fascinating from beginning to end.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyVisit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyIt was very clever of Chris to pick up how Stone, as director, pulls up clips from popular culture to subtly illustrate how the Security State propaganda was spread, but also to show just how conservative Hollywood is and how complicit it’s been in selling the government line. And if anyone knows about that it’s Oliver Stone, not only in the myths it sells but the business that runs it. It’s a very big corporate entity, which is only as liberal as good profits from liberal material requires it to be. Let’s just say they don’t bankroll Oliver Stone out of sympathy with his worldview. It’s just very hard for them to find anyone who can make them money, and he happens to be someone who can. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyVisit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyWatching The Untold History has been a really great experience. The National Security state is so embedded in our culture now that it’s not even examined, much less criticized except on the fringes of the left. It’s very helpful to take a look at how we got here and the implications for our future and this is a very accessible and lively way to do it.
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