30-07-2012, 07:14 AM
As the film chosen for the shooting is by all accounts related to aspects of the Occupy Movement, I wonder aloud if therein lies the/a reason it was chosen [more than any 'Joker'/'Batman' connection, per se]. Below, one review of the film: [I've not seen the film and it is not my cup of tea...but may have to look to judge for myself. Below and in other reviews there are mixed messages if it is pro or anti-Occupy [most say anti]]
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The most recent installment to Christopher Nolan's, Batman saga, is both riveting and starkly symbolic of 2011′s Occupy Wall Street protests.
How could any true patriot forget the grotesque images of American police officers, as they went about pepper spraying students involved in the Occupy Wall Street protests last year. How should students with the Constitutional right to peaceably assemble, feel about such punishment from their local, state and federal governments today? How would the Batman feel about this type of police action? And in particular, how should Americans arrested and beaten by police feel, when they are guilty of nothing more than non-violent protest towards a top heavy economy, riddled with Wall Street impunity?
Batman Film Inspired By Modern Day American Patriotism
Often times when history is written, art can take it's place alongside it's context through footnotes and referential symbolism. In the case of 2012′s newest Hollywood blockbuster, "The Dark Knight Rises," it appears the film's writers were looking to ingrain exactly this type of historical reference into the film's overall story-line.
Several scenes of the film appear as though they relate in stark contrast to the struggles of Occupy Wall Street protesters last year. *Soft Spoiler Alert (won't hurt movie experience). In the film there is a scene when "things" are stolen from Wall Street bankers. At that time the hero, chases these thieves, but to the hero's chagrin, the police aid the hero's nemesis by attacking the hero, instead of the thieves…. Sound familiar?
Fox News last fall, broadcast to tens of millions of American households, news reports from millionaire media pundits like Bill O'reilly and Sean Hannity, falsely categorizing Occupy Wall Street protesters with kindergarten like insults, "dirty" or "un-American." Yet, rarely did the self proclaimed "fair and unbiased" network acknowledge the plight of the Occupy movement itself, a movement which carried with it over 1 million protesters across America and over 3 million active participants worldwide….
IT IS TIME TO FIX CORPORATE GREED… AND TO START BY REGULATING PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS LIKE GOLDMAN SACHS AND FANNIE MAE, WHICH CURRENTLY ARE BENEFITING THROUGH CORRUPTION, LINING THE POCKETS OF AMERICA"S POLITICIANS AND FUELING BI-PARTISAN DIVIDE WHILE REAPING BAILOUT BENEFITS!!!!!!!!
Could the Occupy Wall Street message be anymore clear? Yet, Fox News claims this cause is simply a bunch of "kids trying to cause trouble, with no clear goals in mind." This kind of false categorization and manipulation of American television is propaganda of the most evil and sinister nature, clearly aimed at protecting billionaire constituents, who obviously fear this exact type of grass roots movement in America.
As a consequence of these types of misrepresentations in the mainstream media, police officers than felt empowered last year to pepper spray students taking a stand against economic injustice….
The Dark Knight Rises touches on the role of police officers several times during the film and deeply asks the question… "Should police blindly follow their orders?"
The Hollywood blockbuster further takes this debate to the forefront by categorizing additional situations where police are often making mistakes by blindly following orders. The Batman film in NO WAY encourages insubordination amongst police officers however, it clearly aims at sending the message to police that it is their principle responsibility as Americans, to think of the overall consequences of their actions in the line of duty.
Furthermore the film goes on to symbolically depict the struggle of American's who often times feel as though they have but only the most minuscule of opportunity, to ever truly "escape" modern day poverty. The film deals with several characters who are wealthy, corporate and aristocratic while also on the flip side illustrating the mentality of more "street savvy," character influences.
In the film, it is unclear whether Batman's nemesis was meant to actually embody the cause of the protesters himself, or whether his movement was in contrast to the chaos of Wall Street benevolence, however the symbolism relating to the American economy today is indisputable.
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The most recent installment to Christopher Nolan's, Batman saga, is both riveting and starkly symbolic of 2011′s Occupy Wall Street protests.
How could any true patriot forget the grotesque images of American police officers, as they went about pepper spraying students involved in the Occupy Wall Street protests last year. How should students with the Constitutional right to peaceably assemble, feel about such punishment from their local, state and federal governments today? How would the Batman feel about this type of police action? And in particular, how should Americans arrested and beaten by police feel, when they are guilty of nothing more than non-violent protest towards a top heavy economy, riddled with Wall Street impunity?
Batman Film Inspired By Modern Day American Patriotism
Often times when history is written, art can take it's place alongside it's context through footnotes and referential symbolism. In the case of 2012′s newest Hollywood blockbuster, "The Dark Knight Rises," it appears the film's writers were looking to ingrain exactly this type of historical reference into the film's overall story-line.
Several scenes of the film appear as though they relate in stark contrast to the struggles of Occupy Wall Street protesters last year. *Soft Spoiler Alert (won't hurt movie experience). In the film there is a scene when "things" are stolen from Wall Street bankers. At that time the hero, chases these thieves, but to the hero's chagrin, the police aid the hero's nemesis by attacking the hero, instead of the thieves…. Sound familiar?
Fox News last fall, broadcast to tens of millions of American households, news reports from millionaire media pundits like Bill O'reilly and Sean Hannity, falsely categorizing Occupy Wall Street protesters with kindergarten like insults, "dirty" or "un-American." Yet, rarely did the self proclaimed "fair and unbiased" network acknowledge the plight of the Occupy movement itself, a movement which carried with it over 1 million protesters across America and over 3 million active participants worldwide….
IT IS TIME TO FIX CORPORATE GREED… AND TO START BY REGULATING PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS LIKE GOLDMAN SACHS AND FANNIE MAE, WHICH CURRENTLY ARE BENEFITING THROUGH CORRUPTION, LINING THE POCKETS OF AMERICA"S POLITICIANS AND FUELING BI-PARTISAN DIVIDE WHILE REAPING BAILOUT BENEFITS!!!!!!!!
Could the Occupy Wall Street message be anymore clear? Yet, Fox News claims this cause is simply a bunch of "kids trying to cause trouble, with no clear goals in mind." This kind of false categorization and manipulation of American television is propaganda of the most evil and sinister nature, clearly aimed at protecting billionaire constituents, who obviously fear this exact type of grass roots movement in America.
As a consequence of these types of misrepresentations in the mainstream media, police officers than felt empowered last year to pepper spray students taking a stand against economic injustice….
The Dark Knight Rises touches on the role of police officers several times during the film and deeply asks the question… "Should police blindly follow their orders?"
The Hollywood blockbuster further takes this debate to the forefront by categorizing additional situations where police are often making mistakes by blindly following orders. The Batman film in NO WAY encourages insubordination amongst police officers however, it clearly aims at sending the message to police that it is their principle responsibility as Americans, to think of the overall consequences of their actions in the line of duty.
Furthermore the film goes on to symbolically depict the struggle of American's who often times feel as though they have but only the most minuscule of opportunity, to ever truly "escape" modern day poverty. The film deals with several characters who are wealthy, corporate and aristocratic while also on the flip side illustrating the mentality of more "street savvy," character influences.
In the film, it is unclear whether Batman's nemesis was meant to actually embody the cause of the protesters himself, or whether his movement was in contrast to the chaos of Wall Street benevolence, however the symbolism relating to the American economy today is indisputable.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass