http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24924/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bmi/snowpiercer-train-ride-through-horrors-liberal-extremism <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Liberals see only ‘class warfare’ in this Korean thriller, mostly ignore villain’s embrace of radical left-wing views. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>SPOILER ALERT</strong></p><p dir="ltr">It is true that people see what they want to see. Far-left websites Alternet, <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2014/06/snowpiercer_directed_by_bong_joon_ho_reviewed.html">Slate</a> and Mother Jones all raved about the “class warfare” themes and “political allegory” of “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5PwfEMBM0&amp;feature=kp">Snowpiercer</a>,” a violent, Korean-made, art house picture set entirely on a train circumnavigating the globe.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Julia A. Seymour is Assistant Managing Editor for MRC Business at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BizMediaJulia" target="_blank">Follow Julia A. Seymour on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bmi/snowpiercer-train-ride-through-horrors-liberal-extremism" target="_blank">read more</a></p> MRC Business MRC Business Art & Entertainment Government Life Media Politics alternet balance Bong Joon-ho class warfare film independent film Korean filmmaker mother jones movie Occupy Wall Street revolution sanctity of life Slate Snowpiercer sustainability thrillers Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:55:00 +0000 julia.seymour 46649 at http://archive2.mrc.org