THAT'S INCREDIBLE!
I neglected to mention two other important right-wing elements in "The Incredibles." It may be an important one because, as Blog pointed out in the comments to my previous "Incredibles" post, I neglected to say anything about foreign policy. I spoke tooo soon. One is the unilateral, military-aided covert mission Elastigirl/Mom and the kids undertake to rescue Mr. Incredible/Dad from Syndrome's jungle island lair. Heck, this is just "Rambo" with water around the edges.
But far more important is an early bad guy -- the cackling French villain Bomb Voyage. I think that's really all I need to say.
Also in the comments, FLOG™ noted a hostile review in the left-wing Eugene Weekly, back in Oregon where he lives and I used to. The author of that column was "unable to put [her] finger" on what it all meant, but knew she didn't like it. The Nation seems to agree, except that it knew exactly what it was saying. Their review ominously concludes:
A much more interesting and more open-minded read is the New York Observer's treatment of "The Incredibles" and "Team America," which can be found here. They write that the film's box office success -- the "first hit of the Bush II years" -- suggests (to some, if not the authors) that "the right wing has even wit and creativity on its side these days," and while liberals wander in the wilderness, the conservatives are "raking in millions of potential philosophical converts at the movies, the way the liberals used to during the Easy Rider–Graduate days of the 1960's, when the right wing couldn't catch a break in the culture."
All quite interesting. I'm still waiting to hear what Brad Bird has to say about all this.
I neglected to mention two other important right-wing elements in "The Incredibles." It may be an important one because, as Blog pointed out in the comments to my previous "Incredibles" post, I neglected to say anything about foreign policy. I spoke tooo soon. One is the unilateral, military-aided covert mission Elastigirl/Mom and the kids undertake to rescue Mr. Incredible/Dad from Syndrome's jungle island lair. Heck, this is just "Rambo" with water around the edges.
But far more important is an early bad guy -- the cackling French villain Bomb Voyage. I think that's really all I need to say.
Also in the comments, FLOG™ noted a hostile review in the left-wing Eugene Weekly, back in Oregon where he lives and I used to. The author of that column was "unable to put [her] finger" on what it all meant, but knew she didn't like it. The Nation seems to agree, except that it knew exactly what it was saying. Their review ominously concludes:
The family is the foundation of our society. Freedom is on the march.Yes, ominously. (Hat tip: Sullivan.)
A much more interesting and more open-minded read is the New York Observer's treatment of "The Incredibles" and "Team America," which can be found here. They write that the film's box office success -- the "first hit of the Bush II years" -- suggests (to some, if not the authors) that "the right wing has even wit and creativity on its side these days," and while liberals wander in the wilderness, the conservatives are "raking in millions of potential philosophical converts at the movies, the way the liberals used to during the Easy Rider–Graduate days of the 1960's, when the right wing couldn't catch a break in the culture."
All quite interesting. I'm still waiting to hear what Brad Bird has to say about all this.
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