The Downside of Naps
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Ugh. I hate it when I fall asleep earlier than I intended then wake up again. I should know better than to let myself fall asleep between 5pm and 9 pm – I never sleep through the night and it’s hard getting back to sleep. Plus, I missed Chuck and Heroes, so I’ll have to catch up later this week. At least I get to watch the second part of Tin Man as it repeats tonight.
No TV tomorrow night, though – either internet downloads or otherwise. I’m going to see Juliette and the Licks in concert with a bunch of friends. I haven’t been to a concert in months, so I’m glad, even though it means being out on a school night.
Can I kvetch about one of the things that is irritating the bejebus out of me? The new “Citizen Soldier” video by 3 Doors Down playing at the beginning of every movie in every theater right now. It’s violent (betraying the worlds of comfort and support on the screen), two of my friends have commented on the same mildly racist undertones I picked up on (although none of us can point to exactly why we thought that), and it’s blatant pro-military propaganda.
Fine, I support the troops. But I don’t support the war, I don’t support the use of the troops except in the very most egregious and necessary situations, and I don’t support misleading recruiting tools. All I want to do is watch a fluffy movie about a cartoon princess coming to the real world NYC, not sit through propoganda about a biased institution I’m not allowed to join anyway.
But you know what really, really pisses me off? The target audience for Enchanted involves young children. In fact, when I went to see it, there were several families including kids younger than 8. the ages of my own nieces and nephews. I wouldn’t want them seeing something so violent, loud, and explosive. But as part of the pre-movie marketing, there’s absolutely no way to escape this video when you attend Enchanted.
Judge for yourself, would you want a 6-year-old watching this?
