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The People Who Never Stop (2012)
A wonderful film
Saw this at the Animation Block Party as part of the NYC Rooftop Film 2012 Series. Simultaneously subtle and powerful, the film highlights some of the enormous challenges that have faced Japan, and with some very funny humor in places shows how the Japanese people keep marching on. Reminiscent of Japanese minimalism in its style, it offers a touching portrayal of this society's losses and determination to persevere. I am always amazed when an artist is able to create a piece that is this short, but which I found still comes back into my thoughts almost a year later. To the artist: If this video is legitimately available to watch online, kindly consider posting the location. It is too wonderful not to share.
The McLaughlin Group (1982)
A Diamond Under The Rough
One of the best shows on television, IMHO.
There IS a lot of shouting and a certain 'impoliteness', as another commenter mentions, but under all the shouting, I think most people will find in the panelists' content that:
1. They respond directly to each other's arguments (a welcome change from pundits who ignore their debating partners and reply to challenges with nothing more than a glib restatement of their basic position).
2. Time and again, panelists prove their integrity, command of the issues and (albeit combative) mutual respect by firmly agreeing with statements or positions from their supposed 'opponents' - in a beautiful display of precisely the type of intelligent discourse that is sorely lacking from most public debates, wherein well-meaning Americans so blinded by their mood to fight are unable to see the common ground that binds them and which, in the end, is critical for America's survival.