0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
If Orwell were alive today, he'd be more concerned with the world's genuine dictatorships than with the Trump administration.On April 4, almost 90 art-house movie theaters across the country will show 1984, the British film starring John Hurt, as a form of protest against President Trump's stated desire to defund the National Endowment for the Arts. The theaters say they "strongly believe in supporting the [NEA] and see any attempt to scuttle that program as an attack on free speech and creative expression through entertainment."The George Orwell novel on which the film is based, you'll recall, is the classic story of a totalitarian government that controls all forms of mass media. It thus seems an odd choice for those protesting any government attempt to get out of the mass-media business.In fact, 1984 has become something of a touchstone for the anti-Trump left.
