Avatars Against the War
While thousands of people were in D.C. protesting the war on Jan. 30, more than 120 digital versions of people gathered online in the Second Life world to stage a virtual protest. Watch a video of it.
While thousands of people were in D.C. protesting the war on Jan. 30, more than 120 digital versions of people gathered online in the Second Life world to stage a virtual protest.
Watch a video of it:
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James Cameron’s latest is a curious mixture of surface Indigeneity signified from a white man’s perspective.
"Avatar" was the international blockbuster that made 3-D movies commonplace in American multiplexes. Its director and multi-dimensional filmmaking's leading evangelist, James Cameron, ought to be happy. He's not.
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