April 13, 2008
Things that make you go huh?
So have I got this right?
Pictures of Mat Damon destroying a dollshouse with a baseball bat will help the children of Darfur because ... dollshouses are used by children, and children have been harmed in Darfur, so destroying a dolls house kind of represents destroying a childhood, so ...
And pictures of a pregnant Laura Bailey (sorry, been in Sudan for too long, who is Laura Bailey?) wearing a designer dress as she saws a plastic tricycle in half will help the children of Darfur because ...
What we have here is a clear case of cultural disconnect.
It reminds me of the time a London-based news organisation asked a reporter to fly out to a refugee camp in Darfur to ask the residents for their reaction to Steven Spielberg's decision to pull out of the Olympics in protest at China's alleged failure to push Sudan into ending the conflict in Darfur.
Their reaction was basically - huh?
Posted by aheavens at April 13, 2008 5:37 PM
Comments
I really don’t get how destroying a dollshouse is going to raise awareness or help the children of Darfur for that matter.
What I see here is show business, that’s all. C’mon…you can do better than that.
Five years into the Darfur war, children are dying; women and girls are being raped under the UN Human Rights watch. BS!
Posted by: abyssinia at April 13, 2008 9:59 PM
Not sure I should comment what I think, but to sum up politely
because ... it means a f*****' b**** of ignorant f*****' w***** can sleep easy at night?
On a more serious note, how do you rate Mia Farrow's non doll house smashing efforts out there?
Posted by: Graham Holliday at April 14, 2008 1:25 PM
Your post provided some inspiration, and I blogged on this as well. Not sure if you remember the "I am African" celebrity campaign for ARVs, but this photo op reminded me of that.
Posted by: Amani at April 14, 2008 9:42 PM