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Real heroes refuse to shut up and sing
2007-11-10 20:24:00 A few weeks ago I watched The US vs. John Lennon, a documentary chronicling the extraordinary lengths the American government went to in order to silence an artist who had the audacity to speak out against corruption and injustice. Of course, Lennon came from an age when artists did that sort of thing, and he wasn’t the only musician to get on the nerves of the authorities during the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s. I imagine the FBI had a file on folks like Bob Dylan, too. But we don’t live that world anymore, do we? These days the pressure to shut up and sing is greater than ever, and those who benefit most from our silence have engineered newer and more effective means for muzzling the consciences of those whose voices can actually be heard above the deafening white noise. Last night my wife and I watched Shut Up and Sing, another documentary about an artist who had the temerity to speak the truth. In 2003, the female country band, The Dixie Chicks, are at the to...
Filmkritik: The Dixie Chicks - Shut up and sing
2007-08-24 16:57:00 Die Dixie Chicks, dass ist die komerziell erfolgreichste Frauenband mit den beiden Geschwistern Emily Robison (Gitarre, Dobro und Banjo), Martie Maguire (Geige und Mandoline) und der Leadsängerin Natalie Maines. Letztere hat das ein oder andere mal ein etwas loseres Mundwerk und so war das Geschrei in Amerika groß, als man von ihrem Satz auf einem Londoner Konzert hörte, dass sie sich schäme, dass Ihr Präsident, George W, aus Texas komme. Für die US-amerikanischen-Presse ein gefundenes Fressen und für die eher rechtskonservativen Countryszene ein Grund von nun an die Dixie Chicks aus deren Radioprogramm vollständig zu verbannen. Damit sind die Dixie Chicks nicht die ersten, die dort einer Zensur unterlagen. In dem Land, welches angeblich so groß für die Rede- und Meinungsfreiheit einsteht und bei denen Nazis überall ihre Parolen und Hetze verbreiten dürfen, aber wehe dem der etwas kritisch mit der Regierung in Kriegszeiten umgeht, der wird schnell erkennen, dass amerika...
Shut Up And Sing 2006
2007-02-16 09:48:04 On stage at a 2003 London concert, Natalie Maines, lead singer of Texan trio the Dixie Chicks, spoke these 15 words to a small audience at the start of their sold-out international tour: “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” The comment was delivered on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq, and drew cheers from the decidedly anti-war and anti-Bush British crowd. It was an off-the-cuff remark typical of the lead singer’s temperament. Natalie, and fellow Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, thought little of it. But history and this film demonstrate that at this heightened moment of political polarization in the United States, many people did care, and empowered this simple, yet loaded remark to carry serious and longstanding ramifications. Genre: Documentary, Biography Actors: Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Rick Rubin Reviews: Amazon: 4.5/5 (19votes) Yahoo: C+ (769 votes) IMDb: 7.5...
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