Director Robert Rodriguez' new film 'Machete' has created controversy after a promotional trailer released online makes provoking comments about Arizona-- referring to its new immigration laws-- before depicted a machete-wielding vigilante who leads an uprising and massacre against Texas authorities. The filmmakers called it a 'special' Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona, inviting viewers into a violent on-screen race war with red-saturated 70s exploitation violence and endless killing.
Alex Jones explains how the unsettling film, currently in production here in Austin, Texas, had upset two of its crew members, both of whom happened to be hispanic, enough to contact him about its fiery message. Though they could not give details due to their contractual agreements, the industry insiders were concerned that the film had gone too far, voicing their fears that it could cause a cultural backlash and do harm to the otherwise positive image of the hispanic community.
Racial strife is often exacerbated unnecessarily by globalists forces who, though seeking to integrate North America regionally, divide & conquer the population by playing upon ethnic tensions. For a violent film to use such a backdrop to glorify and potentially incite violent attacks on white Americans over the immigration issue is very dangerous, and Alex urges the film's director to carefully consider the impact such an extreme statement could have. Though the movie screen is an escapist dimension where sex & violence are commonplace, 'Machete' ties it into a racially motivated issue spurned by anti-illegal immigration rhetoric.
The trailer insinuates that the film's lead is hired to assassinate a Texas senator rallying so hard against illegal immigrants that he calls their very presence on United States soil "terrorism." However, 'Machete' realizes he's been betrayed, and instead set-up as a patsy for a failed-assassination attempt to be blamed on what is termed crudely by the film's villains to be "Mexicans" and "cucarachas." From there, he develops a taste for revenge and initiates an out-and-out killing spree, recruiting an angry mob along the way, whose leader decries "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us" in downtown Austin. The trailer shows a crowd all holding up machetes in preparation for battle. As the film is not scheduled for release until September, we cannot say whether the film will be as violent and over-the-top as the trailer implies, but if the wary crew members are any indication, this film could be an unwanted wedge of racial anger that no one wants unleashed.
Curiously, FOX, who is 'Machete's' distributor, blasted the film in a May 6 articled entitled, "Violent movie declares war on Arizona for immigration law." However, the article was pulled and deep-sixed. The URL pulled up a 'page not found.' Talking Points Memo blasts the fact in their article, "Fox News Scrubs Article Criticizing Fox' Robert Rodriguez Film "Machete" as "Racist" & Declaring "War on Arizona." Clearly, Rupert Murdoch & co. are playing both sides of a potentially explosive cultural-political issue. FOX won a 'bidding war' for the film, which grew out of a parody trailer spliced into the 70s-cult throwback "Grindhouse," a double-header release featuring works by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, both notable for their excessive and stylistic violence.
It has been established that the Ford Foundation and other top organizations have funded and influence groups like Mecha and La Raza. Border enforcement is lax because big businesses take advantage of the low wage labor; meanwhile, the same NAFTA, WTO and CAFTA visionaries ship jobs overseas and gut the industrial base in America. The clash of cultures is then pressured further by fiery rhetoric, perceived job opportunities, language barriers and political issues. For 'Machete' to call for such violence and glorify killings in relation to such a sensitive political topic is potentially criminal if it caused people to act out in real life.
So what of the role of cinema and television cultural products in the larger picture of shaping the opinions and habits of our increasingly naive and shallow population? One need only read between the lines, flip through the channels in a critically-evaluating way (rather than a hyponotic, dreamy way) and read the statements of the ruling elite, who have made sport of pushing our buttons.
So what of the role of cinema and television cultural products in the larger picture of shaping the opinions and habits of our increasingly naive and shallow population? One need only read between the lines, flip through the channels in a critically-evaluating way (rather than a hyponotic, dreamy way) and read the statements of the ruling elite, who have made sport of pushing our buttons.
We are not increasingly naive or shallow, we have always been this ignorant, it is how we, the mindless masses, are.
And while the media has always been used to manipulate us to the benefit of the ruling elite.
And racism is one of the favorite levers they use. It taps into something deep and can easily inflame us.
Another favorite lever is Nationalism or Sovereignty. Combine the two and you have a tried and true method of distracting the population while those in power do whatever it is they wish to do. Even looking back the distraction can appear to be the issue, genocides for example, but they really were just distractions, often hiding much greater evil.
These distractions can only be offset by Freedom. Freedom to speak out, Freedom from control, Freedom from threats, and Freedom to point and say, Look at this.
I guess I can see the increase in racial tensions in the USA to make sense at this time.
Americans just saw that when millions of them couldn't make their mortgage the governments response was to give money to the banks, and not release the people from their mortgages. A little race war might just prevent most of them from asking why they are paying much higher taxes and still have to pay or suffer the effects of an underwater mortgage.
Maybe the mindless masses would just prefer to not see.
Time to stop being ruled by people thousands of miles away, from a different culture, with different politics, different ethics."
I think its not so bad as alex makes it out after all i didnt see italian americans charging out of theaters looking for vietnamese to kill after watching rambo lets give the people from mexico a chance to prove or disprove that they can watch an over the top action hero movie and not lose their minds and go on a killing spree like the hero.I think its just fun for them to see ridiculously over the top action heros kicking the butts of their imaginary enemys and its a relief from the every day crap they and all of us put up with.I can imagine a gang member watching the drug gang parts in the movie and laughing hard at the hollywood version of his lifestyle.The difference between the hollywood version of life and real life are quite stark most people get that so while its over the top race war on the screen real life is different.No Machete hero is going to exist in real life and people that watch the movie will realize that subconciously as they cheer their hero on and enjoy the show.La Raza wont gain much from this movie except some new recruits that are so stupid they join a racist organization because of a hollywood action movie they watched.That might be more of a loss than a gain.I think the Machete jokes wont be long in coming and not much different than the rambo and chuck norris jokes.You joining La Raza????WhoTF you think you are??? Machete???Im going to use my right to watch it because it sounds like itll be good
