A bitch is catching up on the latest Somali pirate breaking but sorta-developing so let’s get some awkward as hell interviews with emotional family members to fill time news.
I double-checked with my family’s resident pirate expert, C-Money. She claims that the Somali pirates tried to take the Maersk Alabama, occupied it for a spell, were overthrown by the crew, entered into some sort of negotiation for prisoner exchange but ultimately took the Captain hostage.
C-Money’s analysis – “Apparently they broke faith, but they’re pirates.”
I’m not sure if those are the exact details but it sounds pirate-ish to this bitch.
Anyhoo, the Navy is now on the scene and all eyes are on the pirate hostage takers.
A bitch’s prediction – the pirates will hold out as long as they can, so I anticipate a lot of awkward as hell time filler interviews in our pirate news future.
Moving forward…
Last night a bitch and C-Money got our documentary film watch on. We screened The Take (Avi Lewis Naomi Klein) and The Trials of Henry Kissinger (Eugene Jarecki).
I highly recommend The Take, which is about workers in Argentina taking over a factory that was closed down due to fubar economics. I found myself cheering in my couch-based area and fretting over the twists and turns of the worker’s struggle to gain control of the factory.
A bitch gives The Take four out of five fierce Afros.
I can also recommend The Trials of Henry Kissinger. I wasn’t nearly as familiar with Kissinger’s role in certain historical events as I thought I was…and this documentary has inspired this bitch to get my research.
This bitch gives The Trials of Henry Kissinger four out of five Afros.
Warning – The Trials of Henry Kissinger does feature a lot of Chris Hitchens, but he’s the political thinker Hitchens not the women can’t take a joke one.
Oh he’s still Hitchified but not so Hitched that one can’t watch the film for fear of a detour into the birth stories of the ancient gods…or random Kipling quotes.
Blink.
Toodles…
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Thank you for the movie reviews Shark Fu!
Exactly how much Hitches? I can only take so much of that guy... ;)
I love how you characterize your reaction to Chris Hitchens. He's so smarmy/smart.
Right? I'm glad someone recognizes that that dude needs to come with a warning label. How many times has his mug popped up on a screen and you found yourself involuntarily groaning, " Aw, NAW..."
You never know which Hitchens you're going to get!
I wish I had a priate expert in my family!
I may check the Kissinger one out, I don't really know much about him but I like history.
(cough - ahem? Hockey?)
My nerves are fried and all I can say is...GO BLUES!!
More later...
Christopher Hitchens is a complete ass but he's an entertaining and intelligent ass, so I find myself able to forgive him his assiness.
Thanks for the recommendations.
Love "The Take". I watched it in my gov/Econ class. "Life and Debt", about the negative effect of institutions like the IMF and the World Bank on Jamaica, is also really good too.
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