Man Push Cart (Rahmin Bahrani, 2005)

I recently watched this film based on it being fervently recommended by Jim Emerson who runs the blog Scanners and is the editor for rogerebert.com.

He has written about it numerous times on his website after seeing it at the Toronto Film Festival a few years ago. Man Push Cart serves as an interesting counterpoint to most American films and invokes a spirit of "realism" in its portrayal of a struggling Middle Eastern immigrant trying to operate his own business in America.

Read more here, and here.

The Daily Show on "Real America" According to Sarah Palin

Backstory:

David Sedaris on Undecided Voters

In the latest issue of the New Yorker David Sedaris analyzes the history and personalities of undecided voters.

The money quote:

"I look at these people and can’t quite believe that [undecided voters] exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

I mean, really, what’s to be confused about?"

New Scanners Widget

See side panel, and enjoy.