Bad timing

[clauclauclaudia]

I didn't think it necessary to remove the WTC from the Spiderman trailer, but perhaps. On the other hand, I can't think of any decent reason for Harrison's Flowers to be released to theaters right now. "When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him." Somewhere between the line "Something would have broken inside of me if he were dead" and "I'm going wherever I have to go" it became clear to me that the studio releasing this picture had given no consideration to the feelings of, say, any woman actually *in* a situation mirroring this lately. Good thing there aren't any. Right.

Comments

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Jeez...

Yeah.

[jrs1980.livejournal.com]

That's what I said, yo. I was certain I'd misheard what they were saying, because no way should that picture be in theatres right now.

The fuck is their rationalisation? "Well, it's only one person..."

[mangosteen]

I'm with you on the WTC issue.

They were there. They were pretty big. They're still a symbol of the city, possibly now more than before 9/11.

No one mourns the buildings (well, maybe some people), and putting them out-of-sight and out-of-mind doesn't really accomplish anything.

[clauclauclaudia]

While you're right, nobody mourns the buildings, I imagine for many people they represent, well, giant coffins of their family or friends, these days. So I acquiesce on that point. As long as the unedited Simpsons episode and so forth come back when feelings are less raw, say a year from now.

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

I agree totally on the WTC should not have been edited out of Spiderman. I think the release of Harrison Flowers given the Daniel Pearl incident in Pakistan is deplorable.