Ma hope i ka makahiki 1989, i kāna kī kī E ʻōlelo aʻe, Ua kū kaulana ʻo John Cusack me kahi pahu boom ma luna o kona poʻo ma waho o ka hale o ka wahine āna i aloha ai e pahū ana iā Peter Gabriel "I kou mau maka." Me kāna mea hou loa Film i ka ʻIlaka kaua, ke kū nei ʻo Cusack ma waho Hollywood me kahi TV ma luna o kona poʻo e hoʻolaha ana i kāna mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni politika e kāhea ana i ka lehulehu e ala aʻe a "E hana i kekahi mea."
ʻO John Cusack hoʻomaka e hana i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni hou Kaua, Inc., ka mea mua ma LA a me New York Mei 23, ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki i loko o ka US oihana o ʻIlaka. Mai ka manawa i ʻōwili ʻia ai nā kaʻa kaʻa US Baghdad, He kanaka kūʻai nui ʻo Cusack i nā nūhou e pili ana i ke kaua. Ua lawe nui ʻo ia iā ia, kāhea mau i nā nūpepa kūʻokoʻa a nīnau iā lākou i nā nīnau ʻoiai ʻo ia e ʻimi nei i ka ʻike kūʻokoʻa e like me kāna hiki. Ke nānā nei i ka pupule o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka Green Zone a me ka hiki ʻana mai o ke au o McWar, i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā ʻumi kaukani o "nā ʻaelike pilikino," ua hoʻomaka ʻo Cusack e hoʻohana i ke ʻano o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni e wehe i ka pupule. Ua makemake ʻo ia e hana ma ka ʻaoʻao nui i nā mea hoʻolaha kūʻokoʻa e like me Naomi Klein, Nir Rosen a me Dahr Jamail i paʻi ʻia. I loko o kēia mau makahiki o ke kaua a me ka noho ʻana, ua lilo ʻo Cusack i hoʻokahi o nā mea haʻiʻōlelo ʻike loa i kahi ʻano kamaʻilio ʻole ʻia o ka ʻoihana: US mīkini kaua.
ʻAʻole ʻo Cusack kahi mea kōkua kanaka parachute. ʻOiai ʻo ia e hoʻomau nei i ka hana ʻana i ka mea Hollywood me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kālā nui, ʻo ia i ka manawa like he mea hoʻokani pila i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia / kiʻiʻoniʻoni i waena o ʻelua o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni maikaʻi loa a hiki i kēia lā e pili ana i ka pupule o ka. ʻIlaka kaua. Me ka loaʻa ʻole o nā kākoʻo kālā nui a me ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā ʻoihana hana ikaika, ua hoʻolilo ʻo Cusack i kāna kālā ponoʻī ma kēia mau papahana.
ʻO ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a Cusack Ua hala ʻo Grace, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni ʻia a ʻike ʻole ʻia o 2007. Pono e noʻonoʻo nui ʻia ʻo Cusack no Oscar no kāna kiʻi ʻana iā Stanley Philipps, he kāne i make kāna wahine i ka wā i hoʻonoho ʻia ma ke ʻano he koa ma. ʻIlaka. Hoʻokumu ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka hiki ʻole o Philipps ke wehewehe i kāna mau kaikamahine ʻōpio ʻelua (hoʻokani ikaika ʻia e ʻelua mau mea hoʻokani pila, ʻo Shélan O'Keefe lāua ʻo Gracie Bednarczyk) i ka make ʻana o ko lāua makuahine. Ma mua o ka haʻi ʻana i kāna mau kaikamahine i ka nūhou weliweli, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi surreal alanui i kahi papa kumuhana me nā kaikamahine ʻoiai ʻo ia e hakakā nei no kona noʻonoʻo ponoʻī a me kāna kākoʻo ponoʻī no ke kaua i lawe wale i ke ola o kāna wahine. ʻO ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o ke kanaka i hopu ʻia i ka hāʻule manuahi o ka haʻihaʻi hopohopo a me ka hopena ricochet o ka make ʻana o nā koa i ke kaua. He mea hilahila loa ia Ua hala ʻo Grace ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka māhele ākea. Aia au ma kahi hoʻopaʻa kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma New York a ʻaʻole nui nā maka maloʻo i ka hopena o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Malia paha ʻo ka nele o ke kiʻi i ka kūleʻa pāʻoihana ma muli o ka mea i kapa ʻia "ʻIlaka ʻO ka luhi kiʻiʻoniʻoni" i paʻa i loko Hollywood he mau makahiki i hala aku nei. Akā Ua hala ʻo Grace ʻaʻole ia he "ʻIlaka kiʻiʻoniʻoni" a i ʻole "kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaua." ʻAʻole ia he kiʻiʻoniʻoni "anti-war". US ʻohana pūʻali koa me nā mea aloha i hoʻonoho ʻia ma ʻIlaka. Ina i loaa ia ia ka mahele kupono, Ua hala ʻo Grace e ʻoliʻoli nui ana me nā kākoʻo a me nā hoa kūʻē o ke kaua, kahi hana kakaʻikahi.
Kaua, Inc. he ʻano kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻokoʻa loa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, kūʻē maoli ia i ke ʻano. Ua like ia me keia hanauna Kauka Strangelove, A Clockman Orange a ʻO ka Wizard o'Oz hui pū ʻia me ka hōʻike ʻole ʻia o Naomi Klein, i hoʻāla ʻia me kahi ʻāpana o Ka hema Park. He pane ikaika ia, ʻike maka i ka moʻomeheu cheerleading o ka media hui a me kahi pliant Hollywood makau i kona aka.
Ma kaʻili, Kaua, Inc. ʻike ʻia he spoof o ka hui ʻana o ka noho ʻana o ʻIlaka. Hoʻokani ʻo Cusack i kahi kanaka pepehi kanaka, ʻo Hauser kona inoa, i hoʻouna ʻia i Turaqistan me ka misionari o ka pepehi ʻana i kahi barona aila Middle East (i kapa ʻia ʻo Omar Sharif). ʻO ka mea hana a Hauser he hui pūʻali koa huna no ka waiwai i mālama ʻia e ka mea mua US hope pelekikena, hoʻokani ʻia e Dan Aykroyd. ʻIke mua mākou i ke ʻano o Aykroyd ʻoiai ʻo ia e noho ana, ʻūlū i lalo, ma luna o kahi noho halepaku i ka wā o kahi kelepona wikiō ukali paʻa e hāʻawi iā Hauser i kāna misionari. Ua hōʻea ʻo Hauser i ke kapikala ʻo Turaqi a ke poʻo nei i ka "Emerald manaʻo"(heluhelu: ka Green Zone), kahi i uhi ʻia ai ka luna o kahi hōʻikeʻike kālepa no ka hui pūʻali koa, ʻo Tamerlane, ka mea e holo nei i ka ʻoihana Turaqi. e noiʻi iā Tamerlane, a ʻo ka mea ma hope mai he kaʻa pupule ma o ka wehewehe ʻana a Cusack i ka hui ʻana o ke kaua.
mea hoolea Hilary Duff hāʻawi i kahi leʻaleʻa kāhāhā hana ma ke ʻano he pop star, ʻo Yonica Babyyeah, nāna i hoʻokani i kahi mele ma ke kahua kaua me nā huaʻōlelo, "Ke ʻōlelo nei ʻoe makemake ʻoe e hoʻouka mai iaʻu, pēpē/Enslave me, pēpē." Ke hoʻopuka nei ʻo Duff i ke mele, hāliʻi ʻo ia i kahi nozzle kinoea phallic i hoʻonani ʻia me nā daimana oiai e hīmeni ana, "Makemake au e puhi iā ʻoe…up." ʻO Cusack a me kāna mau hoa kākau, Maka Leyner a Jeremy Pikser (REDS/Bulworth), ua ʻimi e ʻimi i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi o ke kaua hui a lawe i kahi pae ʻē aʻe, akā ʻo ka mea e manaʻo i ka manaʻo ma hope. Kaua Inc. ʻaʻole i nānā ʻo "over-the-top" i ke ola maoli.
ʻAʻole wānana ʻo Cusack, Leyner a me Pikser i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ua ikaika lākou - a me ka ʻakaʻaka ʻeleʻele a me ke akamai - e hōʻailona ana i kēia manawa no ke ʻano: ka Wal-Mart-ization o ke ola (a me ka make) i hōʻike ʻia i ka mea hou. US kumu hoʻohālike no ke kaua. Me 630 hui e like me Blackwater a me Halliburton ma ka US uku aupuni ma ʻIlaka loaʻa iā 40% o ka ʻoi aku ma mua o $2 biliona Hawaii hoʻopau i kēlā me kēia pule ma ka hana, ʻaʻole mamao loa ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni "futuristic" a Cusack mai ke ʻano maoli. He hui kaua ikaika a waiwai, e holo ʻia e ka pelekikena mua o ʻAmelika "nona" ke kahua kaua; nā kaʻa kaʻa me nā hōʻailona kākoʻo e like me NASCAR e holo wikiwiki ana a puni nā alanui e kī ana ma ka makemake; "nā mea kākau moʻolelo i hoʻokomo ʻia" e nānā ana i ke kaua ma nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni IMAX i ka "Emerald City" i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kiʻi i ka "full spectrum sensory reality" i ka ʻai ʻana i ka popcorn; ʻO kahi "viceroy" huna e holo ana i ka hōʻike mai hope o ka pale kikohoʻe he ʻāpana āpau o ke kahua kaua o Cusack ma Turaqistan fictitious. Akā pehea ka lōʻihi o lākou mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka mīkini kaua ʻoihana radically privatized Hawaii ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka honua?
Kaua Inc. He moʻomeheu maʻamau ia ma lalo o ka honua a e mau nō paha ia no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole nele ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kona mau hemahema - i kekahi manawa he huikau a kauo - akā ua uhi nui ʻia kona mau hemahema e kona mau ikaika. Hoʻokō ia i ka hana paʻakikī o ka leʻaleʻa a me ka ʻakaʻaka, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i kahi kuʻi ikaika o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Kaua, Inc. he kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kūpono i ka nānā ākea ʻoi aku ma mua o nā barona o ka ʻoihana kiʻiʻoniʻoni e hāʻawi. Akā ma ka hoʻopiha ʻana i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni i nā lā wehe, hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻouna i kahi leka ikaika aia - a pono - kahi mākeke no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni o ka lunamanaʻo.
E kipa aku i ka pūnaewele official o Kaua, Inc. or ʻO ka pūnaewele pūnaewele a John Cusack e nānā i nā kaʻa kaʻa, e kiʻi i ka ʻike ma nā tiketi no nā hoʻomaka mua a e heluhelu hou e pili ana i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
ʻO Jeremy Scahill ka mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa o New York Times, ʻEleʻele: Ke ala ʻana o ka pūʻali koa Mercenary mana loa o ka Honua, loaʻa i kēia manawa ma ka mea i hoʻonui nui ʻia pepa pepa puka.
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