read the first chapter last night, stunning, more thoughts upon completion... some excerpts from that chapter:
... The staging of the battle of Omdurman for The Four Feathers was as much a historical, certifiable event as the battle itself. You have proof before you, the actual footage of the faked battle: and that is all you have, or can ever have.
... A spectator can avoid certain movies, but not the Movies. You have been part of a captive audience all your life. Love it or leave it. But even if "they" permitted you to leave, there is no place to go. They own the airports. They own the telephones. They have seen to it that the pictures are everywhere. Swedish Hostage Syndrome begins to kick in. If you are to be strapped down and forced to watch these gigantic images, your survival odds improve drastically if you develop a fondness for them.
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