Comments on: “Over There” — Sounds Like A Why Bother http://www.okieonthelam.com/2005/07/28/over-there-sounds-like-a-why-bother/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Stuart Wilf http://www.okieonthelam.com/2005/07/28/over-there-sounds-like-a-why-bother/comment-page-1/#comment-2686 Stuart Wilf Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:09:58 +0000 http://www.okieonthelam.com/?p=688#comment-2686 55 Americans soldiers have been killed since the premiere of "Over There", a show that is written, produced and directed by a team that has neither been in Iraq or in combat. And yet what we see something curious happening. This show is being somehow viewed as "definitive" by an audience and critics who largely have no personal stake in the war in Iraq. As long as it "entertains", they will continue to watch. As an alternative to the vicarious thrills and heart-tugging of "Over There", I would suggest watching "Gunner Palace", a recent documentary that shows the uncomfortable reality soldiers face in Iraq. 55 Americans soldiers have been killed since the premiere of “Over There”, a show that is written, produced and directed by a team that has neither been in Iraq or in combat. And yet what we see something curious happening. This show is being somehow viewed as “definitive” by an audience and critics who largely have no personal stake in the war in Iraq. As long as it “entertains”, they will continue to watch.

As an alternative to the vicarious thrills and heart-tugging of “Over There”, I would suggest watching “Gunner Palace”, a recent documentary that shows the uncomfortable reality soldiers face in Iraq.

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