http://www.indy.com/posts/5188 en-us joe.shearer Specifically this film is a reflection of our current situation on two levels: One, how our current government took upon itself to limit the freedoms of its citizen, i.e. wiretapping, holding prisoners illegally without cause and condoning removing freedoms from its citizens. Two with public apathy of politics in general (though admittedly that is starting to change with the presidential elections coming up), and in the public allowing certain freedoms from certain groups of people simply on the basis of their status in a certain group (specifically the narration, "when they came for the gays, I didn't stand up because I wasn't gay." I see that as a direct correlation to American apathy on the part of some people, not caring about (or even agreeing with) restrictions placed on gays (for no other reason than because they're gay and they don't wish it) because they can't step into someone else's shoes, or they don't want to. I do agree with you in that your interpretation of the piece is accurate as well, though. Awareness and respect for freedom is a large part of it, but I think the narration (and the poem the film is based on) goes deeper into the subject than just a general blanket statement about freedom. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:36:53 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/5188#comment_15138 http://www.indy.com/posts/5188#comment_15138 mzmadmike I'm confused on how you think it matches up to current society. The closest American period to this type of behavior would be the FDR administration, with 110,000 Japanese Americans (or other Asian Americans, assumed to be Japanese) in concentration camps. When you consider that a large number of cast and crew of this piece are US veterans, and at least one is still serving, it's a very promising statement about awareness and respect for freedom. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:51:06 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/5188#comment_15124 http://www.indy.com/posts/5188#comment_15124 FerchArthur Great review of a powerful short film, Joe! Derbra Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:20:22 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/5188#comment_15113 http://www.indy.com/posts/5188#comment_15113