29-09-2013, 04:43 AM
http://presidentandprovocateur.com/2013/...ithsonian/
Filmmaker Alex Cox, who has written a good new book on the Kennedy
assassination and made his own incisive filmic riposte to Errol Morris's
deplorable film THE UMBRELLA MAN, fires off a witty salvo
in response to the new article by Ron Rosenbaum in the Smithsonian magazine
in which Morris (an old friend and great filmmaker whom I generally respect a great deal,
but not in this subject area) shows his ignorance of the assassination
and Rosenbaum displays more of his habitually rude, contemptuous sneering
at us conspiracy theorists. Alex strikes just the right tone
of mockery of their irrelevant ad hominem tactics and by his offering serious points
about what should be the topic at hand. I now propose
forming a society of disheveled, aging pedants who
are also conspiracy theorists and nominate Alex
as our leader.
Filmmaker Alex Cox, who has written a good new book on the Kennedy
assassination and made his own incisive filmic riposte to Errol Morris's
deplorable film THE UMBRELLA MAN, fires off a witty salvo
in response to the new article by Ron Rosenbaum in the Smithsonian magazine
in which Morris (an old friend and great filmmaker whom I generally respect a great deal,
but not in this subject area) shows his ignorance of the assassination
and Rosenbaum displays more of his habitually rude, contemptuous sneering
at us conspiracy theorists. Alex strikes just the right tone
of mockery of their irrelevant ad hominem tactics and by his offering serious points
about what should be the topic at hand. I now propose
forming a society of disheveled, aging pedants who
are also conspiracy theorists and nominate Alex
as our leader.