Thursday, October 3, 2013

Eerie parallels

In 1933, MGM released a highly controversial film called Gabriel Over the White House, starring Walter Huston as a dictatorial president. It was no coincidence that the movie came out shortly after the election of FDR, who reportedly loved the film, with its propagandizing in favor of a kind of American fascism, its celebration of a strong chief executive who could cut through red tape (you know, like the Constitution). Here's a brief video in which Gene Healy at the CATO Institute discusses the film, and here is a comprehensive Wikipedia article.

Why post about this now? Oh, no particular reason...


5 comments:

RebeccaH said...

Wow.

If that doesn't send a chill down your spine, nothing will.

bruce said...

Someone who was a tourist in the last shutdown 20- years ago told me she went to the Grand Canyon back then, gates left open, no staff anywhere. This time I think there are guards and barricades, maybe more than the unusual numbers of staff, to 'enforce the shutdown'. Progress?

bruce said...

Man sets himself on fire National Mall DC:

http://nypost.com/2013/10/04/man-sets-himself-on-fire-at-national-mall-report/

Watching out for the 4 Horsemen now.

Paco said...

Signs and wonders.

Minicapt said...

It's just a game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_(American_football)

Cheers