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Michael

And here we are...

This was a summer-mini TV series in 2016 - months before an 'unusual' election. About the thinking (&/or brain invasion) in Congress.

Synopsis: A prescient and camp film - TV actually - portraying Congressional brains being taken over in insidious ways. In what was a very favorite TV mini-summer series, starring “Monk” (Tony Shalhoub) in a very different role - a #GQP fascist type Congressman who is infected with an alien worm making him that way - and infecting large swaths of Congress. As some horrified, uninfected ("woke") staffers watch.

Brain Dead

Haven’t seen it since. Mind-blowing. Accurate! (as metaphor). Funny. And YES! Here’s a collage I found of a few short trailers. Thanks for the memory. Sure sounds like Congress today too, no?

#USC #Congress #BrainDead #television #TonyShalhoub #parody #politics #MakeAmericaSaneAgain

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Taliban Mocks US by Recreating Iconic WWII Flag Raising Photo

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After swiftly retaking Afghanistan this month, the Taliban has just released a photo that appears to mock the United States -- it's a recreation of the iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

The parody photo was found in a set of Taliban propaganda shots showing an elite commando unit called the Badri 313 Battalion patrolling Afghanistan while equipped with state-of-the-art U.S. soldier gear, including camouflage uniforms, night vision goggles, and tactical gear. In the shot, a group of fighters is seeing raising a Taliban flag in a way that's strikingly similar to how six U.S. Marines raised the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

"Similar photographs released in recent days show Taliban fighters carrying weapons and equipment issued by the United States or allied nations, including M4 carbines and what appear to be Trijicon advanced combat optical gunsights, or ACOGs," the Marine Corp Times reports. "The images are a noticeable departure from traditional depictions of Taliban fighters, who seldom appeared with heavy weaponry or in full military garb, spoils left behind by the Afghan army."

The Taliban propaganda parody photo.

Captured by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was quickly published in thousands of newspapers around the world, and it won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography that same year.

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press

Rosenthal's photograph has come to symbolize the United States' victory in the Pacific War and has become one of the most recognizable photographs of the Second World War.

The Associated Press has since released the photo to the public domain, and the shot served as the inspiration of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial Arlington County, Virginia, which honors all Marines who have given the ultimate sacrifice since the branch was founded in 1775.

#culture #news #afghanistan #iwojima #joerosenthal #parody #raisingtheflag #raisingtheflagoniwojima #taliban #worldwarii

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Michael Davis

American Graffiti

Where were you in '62?

The second feature film directed by George Lucas was Amercian Graffiti (1973), after THX 1138 (1971) and before Star Wars (1977).

Interesting piece of trivia: the movie poster was drawn by Mad Magazine artist Mort Drucker. The following year, Mad published a parody of the film, American Confetti, where Mort got to reprise his rendition of Wolfman, Kurt, Terry, Debbie, Steve, Lori, John and Carol. Also the 58 Coupe and the black 55 Chevy which are almost characters in their own right.

Mad Magazine N° 166 (April 1974)

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