There Is Nothing New Here

Rating: 7/10 (11 March 2010)

Some of the acting is pretty good, but the intent of the film seems a bit loose. If the intent is to show we all have prejudice, it succeeds on some level. If the intent is to show we all are capable of good and bad, it doesn't quite make it. If the intent is to show that all races in megacultural societies try, it's not realistic. What it doesn't show is that people operate most comfortably in their own culture with like people. This is not necessarily racially motivated--more, financially/socially. This is a truth. The dialogue is a bit stereotypic;it is someone else's version of how we speak. Again, mostly it is socially/economically oriented. The wealthy people are afraid of being robbed; the poor people feel abused and used. As long as America and like countries follow fascistic and republican tracks, this will never change. It is basically a have/have not society where people rarely cross over social barriers except through notoriety or fame. The rest of us are slotted by birth, family, education, etc. The lie is that America works. It is just another version of pre-revolutionary France. In order to be president of anything, you must have the backing and it is financial. You must cooperate with industry. Industry and banks run the nation. Politicians, Hollywood, and Madison Ave. are advertising puppets. It is about conformity.The rest of us have to deal with the anger and disappointment in the streets. The rich take cabs and have doormen. You are not immune unless you have a house in Dubai. What else have we got but who we are and what else to do than blame each other for our problems? I have to live with crazies, hoods and sickos in a city trying to lure wealthy Euros while it lets its infrastructure fall apart. I take the subway with messed up teens and street people who want to push anyone around because it makes their impotence less real. How do you fix that? I wait in long lines for everything and pay more than suburbanites for it. How do you fix that? I tolerate as best I can foreigners who ignorantly think they can impose their culture on ours because those who come here have money. This, after all, is the America they've been told has to tolerate everything and protect everyone! This is impossible. America is impossible. The freedom of all means nobody is free and nobody is represented. It makes lobal warming appear to be a blessing.