Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Stein on Stallone

Did Joel Stein see the same "Rambo" print I did?
Stein is the often hilarious reporter for Time magazine as well as other outlets - some of his humor columns rank among the funniest pieces I've ever read.
He also serves as a straight up reporter, elbowing his funny bone in when topics allow.
His latest piece for Time on Sylvester Stallone was a different kind of funny.
Both Stein and his subject, apparently, insist the new "Rambo" feature is anti-war in nature. But the first half of the film depicts Burmese soldiers as the lowest of the low, and a group which can't be reasoned with. The second part of the film has Rambo and pals blasting them into tiny, unidentifiable pieces, while some peace-loving hostages appear to embrace Rambo's methodology in the final reel.
Seems anything but anti-war to me. Then again, there was so much carnage on screen who knows what Stallone was really trying to say. Or grunt.

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