Be warned, that "professor from Marlboro College" is a sexist tool who told a friend of mine girls shouldn't study philosophy and verbally abused her during her years at Marlboro. I'm an alum and great fan of Marlboro EXCEPT for this sexist, self-absorbed jerk.

 

Another "Red State Voice," perhaps?

 

Actually the comment above re- sexist Marlboro prof raises some interesting questions about human perception and the time-space continuum.

That the prof is a sexist doesn't necessarily affect the quality or value of the documentary, but it may affect our perception of its quality or value.

I find it interesting how external and even ex post facto events can totally change one's perception of a static work of art. E.G- After Michael Richards uses a certain racial slur, you can't watch Seinfeld without looking for hints of racism; after Hunter S. Thompson blows his own head off, you can't read Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Train '72 without getting a strong urge to listen to Nirvana.

The Seinfeld reruns didn't change. Thompson's book didn't change.

The sundial never moves.

So about that "sexist tool" of a professor- was that a man or a woman? There is no identifying pronoun in your comment, anon. I didn't see it in the post either, and don't want to make a sexist assumption.

 

Haik,

He's a man, name of Neal Wiener. While his attitude toward women might not have bearing on the film's subject matter it does give you an indication that this man is intolerant of others not like himself and his work is thus tainted (for me) by his problematic moral position.

My perception of the value of his work is affected by my perception of his intolerance and mean-spirited behavior. So I got snarky and called him names. Not adult or fair, but my response to this guy is visceral after all these years.

 

Did anyone see the film? I saw it. I don't think Wiener came off as a sexist. If anything he was too moderate and didn't challenge the assertion made by some of the subject of his film.

I think the subjects knew exactly how they were supposed to come across. They struggled, literally biting their lips, to maintain a moderate tone, but you could see the thinly veiled hate seething right below the surface.

There was a writer named Lisa Singh who tried to play the aloof Ann Coulter. The piece was obviously edited to make her less offensive. The was also a black guy from VMI who gave the lamest, unchallenged, defense of heard mentality I have ever seen. And a male 3rd grade teacher gave the most uniformed caricatured view of relativism I heave ever heard. You would think a philosophy professor would have challenged him a bit more.

I lived in the reddest of red states for ten years before moving back up here in 2004 and this film did not portray how much they actually hate us. I think the moderate fringe he tried to portray in this film is a tiny minority.