Papa Willie wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:43 am
I've now noticed that the midget has had a total meltdown tonight. It's almost fucking creepy...
Or maybe it's not the real Moving Sale. (Wouldn't be the first time a handle was highjacked -- or the keys given away by the owner for the lulz.) I don't think it's him.
Re: On Netflix Now: The Pursuit
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:25 am
by Innocent Bystander
88 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 4:28 pm
Here is the trailer:
I thought it was excellent. I especially enjoyed the part about the Doe Fund.
The parts which caught my eye were:
1. the focus on India -- and therefore the lack of China and Africa;
2. the Dalai Lama -- and thus, again, the lack of China;
3. the snippet of an American black man telling other black men he's not going back to prison;
4. the question of how 2 billion people lifted themselves from poverty, while again focusing on India;
5. the India stating where Westerners see slums, they should be seeing enterprise -- which is an intentional contrast (or corollary) to point 3, though your interpretation of that contrast will depend on how you feel about both; and finally
6. the post-9/11 New York skyline.
Capitalism has costs, and consequences. This trailer isn't an invitation to examine them. The trailer feels like a TED Talk powerpoint.