[stylist] Comments Needed for Blindness Review in O:theOprahMagazine

[Aziza]

Atty,
That's a totally awesome way to end it! *thumbs up*
Aziza

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From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
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> Way to go Atty. Yes, that web site is a headache. I'm braving it as we
> speak.
>
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> theOprahMagazine
>
> Well I wrote one, it is below for anyone who wants to read it.
>
> I never thought I'd see the day when Oprah would condone discrimination 
> and
> lies. When a person is loosing their eye sight the last thing they need is
> to have respected people condoning myths and ignoring frightening lies 
> about
> blindness.
> I saw the movie "Blindness" and it was pathetic. Even those who have
> recently lost their sight can wipe their own butts. They feed themselves 
> and
> know how to shower. According to this incredibly un insightful book/movie
> they can't find their way to the bathroom but can bury people in the yard?
> They can't find each others faces to kiss but can have sex? Please.
> It is a poorly written book made into a ridiculous movie with no cohesion.
> Even a blind man can see that.
> The movie isn't about the great woman who saved the day, it is about fear
> and helplessness.   It is about savagery and the loss of humanity. The 
> woman
> who played the doctors wife kills the guy who was born blind and he is the
> only one with a gun? Please. Oh, a gun that never runs out of bullets? So
> the guards didn't search the people? If you're driving in a car and go 
> blind
> do you go home? Um, no, you go to the hospital!
> I have no idea how the book even got published. The author rambles, has
> amateurish POV switches and has no conception of blindness what so ever. 
> I'd
> be ashamed if I had a magazine that wrote such a raving review about a sad
> ridiculous movie that has absolutely no basis in reality at all. Yes, it's
> fiction, but the best fiction is the believable kind. These don't even 
> come
> close to being real people. It appears that the author was trying to 
> satisfy
> some kind of juvenile thrill and used something that terrified him to do 
> so.
> I truly believed that Oprah had more class then that.     I read her
> biography and found her strong and brave, caring and on the side of those
> who try to make a difference. I'm saddened to find I'm wrong.
> And your form isn't very blind friendly, it is miss labeled for screen
> readers.
>
>
> Regards,
> Atty
>
> "Qui docet, discit."
> "He who teaches, learns"
>
> I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget
> what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
> Maya Angelou
> Thanks Dragon Rider :)
>
>
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