The guy from the Bangor Daily really didn’t like what I said, and covered it correspondingly. I think it was at 39:00, the part he didn’t like.
Anyway, I wasn’t thinking of it as a photo op.
Click to play the video. (At Bangor's website.)
A short video explaining Occupy.
THE SCENE: An upscale, middle-American kitchen. The remains of a big baking project lie piled in and around the sink.
There are THREE GINGERBREAD HOUSES on the countertop, each with a GINGERBREAD COUPLE out front. One couple is clearly Caucasian — a man and a woman — one clearly African-American, and one two men.
THE CHARACTERS:
Three to five SMALL CHILDREN. Each child is dressed as a bank, somehow, with the appropriate logo worn prominently.
A WORKING CORPORATE MOM, who somehow balances the demands of motherhood with a successful carreer. She is at first partially dressed up in her costume, then leaves and returns, fully in the role of “Aunt Sam” (a female Uncle Sam).
THE GUY BEHIND THE CAMERA, who we hear but never see. Male gaze.
OPENING SHOT of normal pandemonium in the kitchen, of the kind you’d get with a bunch of kids milling around.
GUY BEHIND CAMERA: So explain to me what we’re doing here.
CORPORATE MOM: Getting ready.
GUY: No, for the camera. What’s the project?
MOM: Oh — Well with Christmas coming and everyone still being so angry and bitter about the poor banks, who are just trying to survive in hard economic times like anyone else, I thought this year we’d have the kids put on a little skit representing America!
So every kid is a bank. This is Bank of America, this is Chase bank [and so on]. When we get to Grandma’s and the cousins are all together —
GUY: Wait, who are you? Continue reading
Gentlemen and Ladies of the City Council,
Regarding the recent police action against Occupy, I thought I would direct to you some public comments I have made recently on BDN’s public BBoard.
I think I do not exceed my authority as the Encampment Legal point person in saying that, while we all consider this police action to be very unfortunate, we nevertheless remain guardedly optimistic about working with the city to find a mutually satisfactory solution within the existing legal code. Continue reading
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