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Old 07-08-14 | 02:12 AM
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Dinesh D'Souza's "America"

My quickie on Dinesh D'Souza's "America"

It's really three mini docu-dramas mashed into one movie.

Part the first: Dinesh does a "thug notes" style critique of Howard Zinn's book A People's History of the United States. An interesting commentary if you have read Zinn's book.

Part the second: A mish-mash, disjointed collage of Dinesh's thoughts on Hillary Clinton, Saul Alinsky, Michael Moore, Abraham Lincoln, and a small cadre of "famous" people that nobody has ever heard of.

Part the third: The last five minutes of the film. Dinesh's hubristic love letter to himself. Dinesh does a Jimmy Baker-style apology for his recent campaign fraud conviction. Then he signs off Las Vegas style, with essentially "Thanks for coming, America! I'm here all week, and please, buy my book!"

Film critic verdict: really just a fluffed-up informercial for his book. Skip it.


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Looks like one of those "Youtube documentaries" that people make. Featuring that Requiem for a Dream track. The really good ones investigate how our secret Kenyan president is the Antichrist, Bush did 9/11 and black people are genetically inferior.
Old 07-08-14 | 09:27 AM
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The negroe is genetically inferior.... Duh. Are people still saying shit like that in earnest?

Seriously though... I didn't really know wtf the trailer for this was trying to sell me. Looked boring.
Old 07-08-14 | 12:44 PM
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Well... what are you going to do about it WHITEY??
Old 07-08-14 | 12:47 PM
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Thanks for adding your own commentary instead of just posting a link.
Old 07-08-14 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
Are people still saying shit like that in earnest?
Youtube much?
Old 07-08-14 | 02:02 PM
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I rather not in that case. YouTube commentary.... Is... Interesting.
Old 07-08-14 | 02:11 PM
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It definitely won't overtake Transformers at the box office
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I don't know why anyone listens to anything D'Souza has to say. What a fucking fraud.
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Inferior negroes are overtaking the sanctity of our precious white Transformers? TO THE BATCAVE!!1
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I wonder what Michael Bay's America would look like?
Old 07-08-14 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Supermallet
I don't know why anyone listens to anything D'Souza has to say. What a fucking fraud.
Along with that contemptible shrew, Coulter.
Old 07-08-14 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
I wonder what Michael Bay's America would look like?
Like Miami. But everywhere.

Fuckin' awesome.
Old 07-08-14 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Troy Stiffler
Like Miami. But everywhere.

Fuckin' awesome.


Explosions. Barely legal girls with gigantic breasts. Unnecessary comedic relief.

I'm in.
Old 07-08-14 | 06:35 PM
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Re: Dinesh D'Souza's "America"

I expect this to be typical rubbish from Dinesh D'Souza, but I wonder if it has any outright laughable scenes in it. Like the one in his previous propaganda piece "2016: Obama's America" where he interviewed Barack Obama's half-brother George Obama in Africa and tried desperately to get him to say bad things about the president, but he never would. Despite that, Dinesh D'Souza then essentially pretended that George Obama *did* say those bad things as the movie continued.
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I am a conservative, but have no interest in seeing stuff like this. D'Souza's movie is no different then a Michael Moore movie, as they are partisan hit-jobs on the current President, and everything is twisted to make him or her look bad. These movies are no different then watching a political show on FOX or MSNBC, as they playing to the extremes of each party. I have friends who are partisans on both the left and right, and they eat this shit up. So Sadly there is an audience for this crap.
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Re: Dinesh D'Souza's "America"

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
Well... what are you going to do about it WHITEY??
Old 07-09-14 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
Well... what are you going to do about it WHITEY??
We're going to make Whitesploitation films with redneck heroes who drive around in cars with Confederate flags on them.

Oh, wait...


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