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Well...it may be hackneyed and cliche, but at least it's life-sized!

Posted by A Non Imus | August 2, 2007 11:39 AM
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Shouldn't political art reflect the outrage people have with government?

Was Ezra Pound, although an anti-semite, the last American artist to be convicted for treason because of harsh critiques toward U.S. war involvement? He was the greatest force in the advancement of poetry (look him up), then dismissed with torture and virtually put to death in apt relation to soldiers who fight. Lately most 'thought provoking' artists, not consiously, work toward various prizes (Cannes, Nobel, grant money, etc.)

Leave the entertainment to comics and musicians who perform for the troops. Pound's extremism should at least set the bar for trying to achieve impact.

Posted by The Cantos are too deep | August 2, 2007 1:03 PM

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