Oh it was the tire iron all right. In Texas, even today, you could count on it.
It is indeed a very sad story. But as I just explained to Charlie above, it made me angry more than anything else. I'm afraid that for general audiences, it is subject to serious misinterpretation unless the context is adequately explained somehow, and I don't see that being done in a film presentation of this type.
My reaction is a personal one, and grows out of my own experiences of that time period. I know that you are old enough to have some similar memories, but if I recall correctly, you've always lived in California, which is a rather different social climate from the barren west or agricultural midwest. Its not surprising that we should see it from different angles. Probably both viewpoints are valid when given a context.
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Re: The Tire Iron
Date: 2006-01-07 10:23 am (UTC)It is indeed a very sad story. But as I just explained to Charlie above, it made me angry more than anything else. I'm afraid that for general audiences, it is subject to serious misinterpretation unless the context is adequately explained somehow, and I don't see that being done in a film presentation of this type.
My reaction is a personal one, and grows out of my own experiences of that time period. I know that you are old enough to have some similar memories, but if I recall correctly, you've always lived in California, which is a rather different social climate from the barren west or agricultural midwest. Its not surprising that we should see it from different angles. Probably both viewpoints are valid when given a context.