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Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times, John Junkerman's incredibly one-sided ass-kissing of the titular 74-year-old left-wing MIT linguistics professor, screens this Friday night at the Dryden Theatre. His fans will be delighted. His enemies should start working on their picket signs. And disinterested third parties will likely be lulled to sleep as the bestselling author of 9-11 waxes poetic on a speaking tour that resembles a rock concert spectacle (selling out auditoriums in hours and pawning more wares than KISS - but there isn't a Chomsky cooler/coffin...yet). He's on par with Ralph Nader in terms of both personal appearance and the ability to deliver an incredibly intelligent message in a truly boring and uncharismatic manner.
Not nearly as long or as balanced as 1992's Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, Power will divide audiences as much as Chomsky's written musings. Like Michael Moore in Bowling For Columbine, he suggests the death toll of 9/11 is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the heap of bodies created by suspect US foreign policy over the last several decades, while reminding us that said strategies have ultimately lead our country to fight the same people we armed 20 years ago. Power may have been more interesting if there were somebody from the Right responding to his views. It doesn't even have to be an equal to Chomsky - anyone will do.
1:24 - Not Rated
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