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

[helene ryles]

I agree with everything you've written Atty. I found the Blindness
movie so inconcistant. It's sad that some people are writing positive
reviews about it. Shows what little taste some people have.

Helene



On 28/10/2008, Aziza <acwaterreader09 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Atty,
> That's a totally awesome way to end it! *thumbs up*
> Aziza
>
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>> Way to go Atty. Yes, that web site is a headache. I'm braving it as we
>> speak.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of The Crowd
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:46 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Comments Needed for Blindness Review in O:
>> 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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