In my neck of the woods, Kerry, nobody notices stuff like
bi-racial (which is in a sense "post-racial" itself)-- the
std. commentary is that KR is 1) a shitty actor--as in unable
to convincingly play the persona he is supposed to be
playing; 2) gorgeous enough so the first thing doesn't
matter. Imagine Anna Nicole Smith playing Margaret Thatcher,
in other words. Personally, I'd rather see the guy who plays
Napoleon Dynamite as Arctor. Rob
--- "Kerry J. Schooley" <
gsp.schoo@murderoutthere.com> wrote:
> This is only tangentially related to HB/noir, but
I
> don't quite understand
> why Keanu would be a mystery, aside from the
usual
> fun of mocking movie
> stars. First, he is a star. It's not about
the
> acting so much as assuming a
> persona that others create roles for. And aside
from
> being tall and
> handsome etc. I think Reeves has this persona
that
> suits the times, or at
> least present notions of what the future
Everyman
> might be.
>
> He's bi-racial, which implies a future beyond
race.
> The KKK horror of a
> mongrelized humanity, if you like, or a desire
to
> transcend this particular
> issue. Certainly it's the age of frequent
human
> displacement. Immigration
> challenges notions of the nation state. The
other
> quality is detachment
> (and boy is he detached.) Roles call for him to
be
> the character who is not
> a believer in anything until the
overwhelmingly
> right cause comes along, or
> the guy who just does not connect to a
larger
> collective society, or the
> spaced out teen (not much of that anymore, but
once
> upon a time.)
>
> So, you cyberpunk fans, are these 2
things-
> detachment and a post-race
> based humanity (earthbound human races)
> characteristics of the written genre?
>
> Just thought I'd stir another pot,
> Kerry
>
> At 02:06 PM 07/10/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >On 10/7/05,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> > >
> > > Tribe wrote:
> > >
> > > "Sure is. Directed by Richard Linklater.
Here's
> a link to the trailer.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
<
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/a_scanner_darkly.html
> > > "
> > >
> > > Thanks. But why Keanu?
> >
> >That, my friend, is a mystery way beyond my
puny
> mortal understanding.
> >
> >Tribe
> >
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