Hooray for Hollywood.

[prettykate]

About once a month I check up on the sitaution in Juarez. Today I saw an article about a woman who was set on fire, (that is now missing, of course) but I also saw an artcle about how Hollywood is "Joining the search for answers." VOMIT. Thank goodness for Hollywood! Now something will really get done

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[nothingjerk]

in a world where more people get their news from the Daily SHow than the NYTimes what do you expect (that was in no way a slight against teh daily show as entertianment its top notch satire, but its not news)

Hopefully it will help a little though

Who will be the Driver of this story?

[dennis_obell]

The only way I've kept up with this story is the coverage it's received on one of my favorite NPR shows, On the Media, which I listen to every weekend via podcast (I get it through iTunes to my iPod, but it's also on the web).

Anyway, the Mexican elections last week inspired the OtM producers to devote most of that week's show to Mexican media stories, and they covered the Juarez murders, both in terms of journalistic coverage and the upcoming Driver and Lopez movies. In the second story (click the link), a reporter from the El Paso Times tells the interviewer that the movies are going to oversimplify the story and suck ass, big-time:

In the three years since that piece first aired, the killings have continued, and so has the danger for journalists covering the story. But when it comes to entertainment, the tragedy in Juarez has provided fodder for songs, plays, telenovelas and made-for-TV movies. Tinseltown, however, has never shown much interest, until now. In two films slated for release this year, Minnie Driver and J-Lo tackle

Re: Who will be the Driver of this story?

[prettykate]

Thank you for those two transcriptions. They were great.

[seeeffdubb]

I know those are pretty lame attempts at addressing the subject, but at least some light is being thrown on the atrocity.

[fengi]

It most definitely will make things worse. As the On The Media piece points out, is the J. Lo story repeats the official version that it's a bunch of serial killing bus drivers, which has long been disproved as a BS cover story.

So people will not walk away from the movie demanding action, but walk away thinking this is an issue which is over.

Thanx J. Lo, please shut up now.