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ITV replaces Syriana
mwardy
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ITV(1) was due to show Syriana after the 10 pm news this evening, as they have many times before. They have replaced it with Beowulf. Why? These are the two answers I've come up with.
1) The film depicts extreme duplicity in the US's dealings with the Middle East. It thus feels uncomfortable showing it in a very delicate political situation because it thinks its audience is going to become distressed and/or politicised by being encouraged to think about that situation in terms that don't fit the official rhetoric.
2) The title contains the word 'Syria'. It thus feels uncomfortable showing it in a very delicate political situation because it thinks its audience are idiots.
I can't decide which of these it is. Any opinions or other ideas?
1) The film depicts extreme duplicity in the US's dealings with the Middle East. It thus feels uncomfortable showing it in a very delicate political situation because it thinks its audience is going to become distressed and/or politicised by being encouraged to think about that situation in terms that don't fit the official rhetoric.
2) The title contains the word 'Syria'. It thus feels uncomfortable showing it in a very delicate political situation because it thinks its audience are idiots.
I can't decide which of these it is. Any opinions or other ideas?
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It looked interesting, and I had set my freesat recorder to record it, don't think I will bother in future after reading that. It's probably ITV being sensitive to current national events.
Actually striing's guess is wrong (whoever changed their mind about scheduling because they suddenly decided something is boring??). It's (IMHO) a really good, intelligent film that manages to be quite damning of relations between the US and the Middle East whilst being a cracking thriller.
Many critics rated it very highly, while those who didn't seem not to have been able to follow it (aaww).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365737/criticreviews?ref_=tt_ov_rt
I bet that's what it is. ITV have been so ridiculous with censorship before I can see them being dumb enough to do something like this.
That's a nice thought, but I think the decision was made before that news came out. And I'm not at all sure ITV would do that anyway.
Yeah, i wasnt 100% sure of the time
Have you seen the film ? The country contained therein is more akin to the UAE or Qatar.