13 Responses:

1. Aaron says:

   5 years ago at 4:59 pm

   

2. Web Guy says:

   5 years ago at 7:14 pm

   This video is heavy-handed and talks down to the audience. It doesn't do Chomsky's book justice. People who need this message the most are just going to dismiss it as ivory tower jerk-offs talking down to them.

   A good start to improving it would be an actual human presenter with a sympathetic paul-in-the-desert, i-too-was-blind-but-now-i-see delivery instead of this avant-garde MTV bullshit that is 20 years past its sell-by date.

   • jwz says:

     5 years ago at 7:51 pm

     But I like the little musclebound Pac-Mans. I like them a lot.

     • Web Guy says:

       5 years ago at 8:20 pm

       That's the great thing about circle-jerks. The guy to your left has one too and knows how to work it.

       • MattyJ says:

         5 years ago at 10:57 pm

         The few times I've read any Chomsky, that's exactly what I was thinking. "Ivory tower jerkoff."

     • Phil says:

       5 years ago at 5:01 am

       I saw them as micro-Residents.

   • Someone says:

     5 years ago at 9:45 am

     I agree that the video is patronising and oversimplifying to and beyond the point of caricature, but the art direction is really good, imo. I don't see why this style should be priviledge of 1997's MTV, but they say you can't argue about taste.

     • Web Guy says:

       5 years ago at 10:01 am

       Gen X?

   • thielges says:

     5 years ago at 4:02 pm

     I think Amy Goodman sounds condescending too. Then I learned about her background. She's a true champion of democracy and social justice. I still think she can sound snotty but now give her a break.

     Good point though. Few viewers of his clip will take the time to understand its provenance.

   • umffthebumffer says:

     5 years ago at 10:48 am

     Well, I'd watch a short video with cool looking cartoon weirdos in it way before I'd watch some dry lecture. I can already detect those by the thumbnail and attention-deficit idiots like me are the people that need to be reached the most. People who are actually willing to sit through lectures solve their own problems.

3. margaret says:

   5 years ago at 5:43 am

   Where do I buy those fab boots?

   • Scott Cheloha says:

     5 years ago at 9:49 pm

     I too want these fab boots.

4. Penguin Pete says:

   5 years ago at 2:10 pm

   I think if you have anything important to say, you shouldn't try to say it with the lost dimension of Pepperland.