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Politics With Your Popcorn: The Sequel

Not even a story on movie sequels is immune from liberal politics.
By
Clay Waters
August 28, 2007 - 12:42pm

Again proving that no section of the Times is safer from liberal politicking, Bill O'Reilly-loathingmovie [1]critic [1]Jeanette Catsoulis pondered [2] the plethora of summer movie sequels in the Sunday Arts & Leisure and came up with this interesting explanation:


"Fans who tolerate the repetitiveness and ideological bankruptcy of the 'Rush Hour' franchise, for example, may be testaments to the power of hope and a need for familiarity at a time when the Iraq war continues unabated, pensions and polar ice disappear, and Al Qaeda videos enjoy wider distribution than Sundance winners."


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[1] http://www.timeswatch.org/twarticles/2005/20050623.asp#2
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/movies/26cats.html
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[4] http://archive2.mrc.org/division/timeswatch
[5] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/timeswatchorg
[6] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/timeswatch
[7] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/nytimes
[8] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/newyorktimes
[9] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/jeanettecatsoulis
[10] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/movies-0
[11] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/globalwarming
[12] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/iraqwar-0
[13] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/reviews
[14] http://www.tellthetruth2012.org