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Monday, November 11, 2002
MOVIE REVIEW: BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (2002) * * * 1/2 (3 1/2 stars out of 4).
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This new Michael Moore movie was as devastatingly funny as it was deeply disturbing. The central question of the movie, which is never really answered, is this: why is America so violent? Why does America have about 100 times the per capita gun deaths of other free countries? Our violent movies are seen all over the world, our violent video games come from Japan, our violent guns are about as prevalent in Canada, and our violent history is no more bloody than that of France, England, Germany, or Japan. There's a hint that our news coverage is much more violent, and that may well be a factor, but it's hard to say that could be all there is to it. I really don't have an answer to the question myself, only wild guesses. Maybe it's our history of importing slaves, and never really making things up to them or their descendents. Maybe it's our sense of entitlement, as citizens of the richest and most powerful nation on Earth. Maybe it's our faulty educational system. Maybe it's our crappy, arrogant, incompetent police officers. Maybe it's just our cultural acceptance of such violence that makes us think it's okay to shoot our spouses or classmates, because so many other people are, in fact, doing it, too-- a justification unavailable in other countries. Maybe it really is the media overreporting crime.
Check out the intro at the bowlingforcolumbine.com Web site. Here's the first part of it, to get you in the mood:
Germany Firearm Homicides: 381.
France Firearm Homicides: 255.
Canada Firearm Homicides: 165.
United Kingdom Firearm Homicides: 68.
Australia Firearm Homicides: 65.
Japan Firearm Homicides: 39.
The United States of America Firearm Homicides: 11,127.
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