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July 28, 2006

But Why do the Ants Speak English?

According to Washington Post movie reviewer Stephen Hunter, the movie The Ant Bully is both good and bad.

The way in which the movie is good is that it an allegory that shows us that God is just a bully, and communism is beautiful. Good luck with selling that in the red states.

The bad news, according to Hunter, is that the movie is an allegory against American wars and imperialism. The United States of America is a bumbling exterminator. That’s right, an exterminator. Let it sink in.

I am yet again fascinated that Hollywood and movie reviewers are able to seem at odds with one another, and manage to be both sides out of touch with most Americans. It is, frankly, artful.

Wulf Posted by Wulf on July 28, 2006 at 08:50 AM

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No no no! What's bad about the movie's message (according to Hunter) is not that the United States is an exterminator. It's that "Hollywood" thinks being an exterminator makes the United States a bully. An incompetent one no less.

Posted by: human at July 28, 2006 12:41 PM

A fair point. The reason I immediately took offense with the comparison is twofold.

First, the US is an exterminator? This implies that the US would like to exterminate indiscriminately. When an exterminator comes to your house, he/she doesn't just kill the bad ants. Again, let it sink in what this comparison is trying to say about America.

Second... Muslims are ants? Or perhaps Arabs are? It is deeply disturbing that anybody would allow such a message onto the screen.

Posted by: Wulf at July 28, 2006 1:20 PM

did the movie director say that or the reviewer. Because if it was just the reviewer then its just a proof that people see what they want to see.

Posted by: isiah at July 28, 2006 6:01 PM

I know! I couldn't believe what I was reading.

Posted by: human at July 28, 2006 8:53 PM

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