Comments on: Kathryn Bigelow was a punk rocker http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 15:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: The Hamster King http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-734747 The Hamster King Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734747 Poseur. Poseur.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-734812 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734812 This one? http://store.unamerican.com/collections/shirts/products/iguessiwaspunkonceshirt I heard a much more complicated story about the computer and the window. It was not especially punk but it did involve a dead cat. This one?

http://store.unamerican.com/collections/shirts/products/iguessiwaspunkonceshirt

I heard a much more complicated story about the computer and the window. It was not especially punk but it did involve a dead cat.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-735088 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-735088 We're lucky the media aren't willing to just call them all "terrorists" yet. We’re lucky the media aren’t willing to just call them all “terrorists” yet.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-735860 Deidzoeb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-735860 Yes, that's the shirt. Did anyone ever get their money back? Maybe I should contact him again. Re: the computer vs window story, the mileage of my memory may vary. Yes, that’s the shirt. Did anyone ever get their money back? Maybe I should contact him again. Re: the computer vs window story, the mileage of my memory may vary.

]]> By: Marshall http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-734091 Marshall Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734091 Having read the article, I don't see anything punk in it at all. Wouldn't a better descriptor be "art student in good standing"? Having read the article, I don’t see anything punk in it at all. Wouldn’t a better descriptor be “art student in good standing”?

]]> By: mindysan33 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-734101 mindysan33 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734101 actually, it sounds like she was part of the art scene that flirted with the concurrent no-wave scene at the time -- at least if you believe Bernard Gendron's chapter on the Mudd Clubb in his book on the Avant-Garde and popular culture in the 20th century. That's funny, Antinous! Can I use that as a chapter title for my thesis? Really, I think I'm serious about that!!! "Member in good slamming!!!" I so want to use that now... actually, it sounds like she was part of the art scene that flirted with the concurrent no-wave scene at the time — at least if you believe Bernard Gendron’s chapter on the Mudd Clubb in his book on the Avant-Garde and popular culture in the 20th century.

That’s funny, Antinous! Can I use that as a chapter title for my thesis? Really, I think I’m serious about that!!! “Member in good slamming!!!” I so want to use that now…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-734874 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734874 Often overlooked is the propaganda aspect of The Hurt Locker: manufacturing consent for the Iraq war and permanent US presence. The movie is completely one sided and portrays Iraqi citizens as either malevolent "insurgents"* or jabbering buffons. Best director & best picture? This was a political statement by the US entertainment industry: "We are beyond discussing the justification of the war, and now we applaud consensus for permanent US presence." I liked the movie better, when it was called Avatar: There, the resource greedy invaders were driven off! Long live freedom! *Definition of Insurgent: A native of any country that is invaded by imperialist powers Often overlooked is the propaganda aspect of The Hurt Locker: manufacturing consent for the Iraq war and permanent US presence.

The movie is completely one sided and portrays Iraqi citizens as either malevolent “insurgents”* or jabbering buffons. Best director & best picture? This was a political statement by the US entertainment industry: “We are beyond discussing the justification of the war, and now we applaud consensus for permanent US presence.”

I liked the movie better, when it was called Avatar: There, the resource greedy invaders were driven off! Long live freedom!

*Definition of Insurgent: A native of any country that is invaded by imperialist powers

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-733854 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-733854 Well, yeah, but all you had to do was pay your membership dues on time and go to two meetings a year... Well, yeah, but all you had to do was pay your membership dues on time and go to two meetings a year…

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-734114 Deidzoeb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734114 Reminds me of a t-shirt slogan I saw a few years back. Picture of some guy with libery spikes, and the caption read: "I guess I was punk once." I ordered the shirt online. The seller claimed that his roommate had thrown his printer or computer out the window, so he had lost records of all sales. I took it as a lesson and let it go. I guess I'm not that punk anymore. Reminds me of a t-shirt slogan I saw a few years back. Picture of some guy with libery spikes, and the caption read: “I guess I was punk once.”

I ordered the shirt online. The seller claimed that his roommate had thrown his printer or computer out the window, so he had lost records of all sales. I took it as a lesson and let it go. I guess I’m not that punk anymore.

]]> By: Terry http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-733862 Terry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-733862 "a member in good standing of the [NYC] punk scene" Nice example of an oxymoron. “a member in good standing of the [NYC] punk scene”

Nice example of an oxymoron.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-733869 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-733869 "Member in good slamming"? “Member in good slamming”?

]]> By: Tdawwg http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-734147 Tdawwg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734147 <blockquote>One time she was working on a script of a Bataille story and she must have rewritten it 150 times; she was so determined to get it right.</blockquote> Yikes: would that she'd done that with the <i>Hurt Locker</i> script. Would love to see that Busey film, though. "Utah, get me two!"

One time she was working on a script of a Bataille story and she must have rewritten it 150 times; she was so determined to get it right.

Yikes: would that she’d done that with the Hurt Locker script.

Would love to see that Busey film, though. “Utah, get me two!”

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2010/03/11/kathryn-bigelow-was.html#comment-733908 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-733908 But was she a card carrying member? But was she a card carrying member?

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