Anybody else seen this documentary in two parts on Noam Chomsky the philosopher and political radical and media theorist (as opposed to Noam the linguist)? I thought it was a respectable presentation of the ideas with a surprising sense of humor. Otherwise there weren't many surprises for me, since I've kept up with his writings pretty well. I'm wondering, though, if anyone has tried a Chomskyian analysis of feature films? Or if Chomsky, to anyone's knowledge, has tried to extend his notions of manufacturing consent to specific trends in entertainment? I doubt it would interest him, but with psuedo-factual or -historical films it might not be such a stretch. Opinio= ns? _________________________________________________________________________ | Rick Francis | "The beauty of certain assaults on moral | [log in to unmask] | convention or on life itself is that they | Dept of Comp Lit, Box 1107 | mark with all their violence the | Washington University | monstrosity of laws, the constraints that | St. Louis, MO 63130 | create monsters." |____________________________| . --Ren=8E Crevel