On "This (damn) country"
Published July 1, 2009
A few days ago, Juan Martín Cueva documentary received the news that part of the title of his documentary "This damned country" would censudaro by EcuadorTV (public television Ecuador). The reason: because that the word "damn" could hurt susceptibility (...). I wonder how long it will managing a very conservative policy on public television? This is not the first time you do something similar. Some time ago, exhibited the short "Pie," from director Javier Andrade, without even asking permission, and censored over the "bad words." Then, an article that the writer Lucrecia Maldonado wrote about it:
There are things that have to censor. The morbidity. The stupidity. Pornography on time for all age groups. Sadistic violence in idem. The crime reports without reflection. Can not let certain things (not so much ideas, procedures, aberrations, these sides extremely dark and disturbing of the human condition) moved there, shamelessly showing to people who perhaps are not ready to confront them with maturity and discretion.
But from there to become Torquemadas of microorganisms that can occur around a large gap. Personally, I support that law applies in cases such as news spread based on assumptions that may ultimately lead to social unrest and easily lead to chaos. So unless you call attention or reconvenga firmly.
But when serial blasts as "The Simpsons" or self-censorship when exercised without opinion, if I stay thinking for a while how the regulation of the media, rather, what we see and hear through them, has meaning and social function aimed towards the common good and not as a way to satisfy individual whims, partisan or moralizing platitudes of cheaper and creeping.
For example, the public channel Ecuador TV documentary presents Juan Martín Cueva "This damn country." But decide to 'amputate' the adjective. Why? What is the criterion that operates in the 'selection' language? Has anyone asked the author of the documentary if he agreed with the change? Is more ... Someone asked the author why it was that adjective there, what role, how important is that one word in the name of the documentary?
Surely not. Somebody read the word 'damn', the equating and Disqualification and insult ... scissors, soon, urgent! To make matters worse, the adjective was calling the sacred word 'country'. And then, well, we passed the film, we support the national cinema, the notorious 'talent' national and breathe in peace because while we are defending the sacred concept of 'country' sneak attack of the adjective 'damn'. In years of college is learning (should learn) to read between the lines. It should come to understand that in the connotative language is a very serious sin address the words and expressions from linear meaning without attending to the semantic nuances and variations. 'Cursed', in that case, is a word that hides anger, disappointment, but also love and desire to change what ails us as a society and individuals. Is it so hard to understand? Who should draw you an explanation that should be unnecessary? How do you handle something as big as the dissemination of cultural expressions of a country with a child Manichean approach that have terrorized from the womb with the possibility of the most excruciating tortures of hell if you sneeze in a church? First of all, I think the key is to open your mind and leave out the strainers that have suddenly begun to operate indiscriminately in this damn country.
1 Response to About This (damn)
country Juan Secaira July 3, 2009 at 8:14 PM
totally absurd censorship. Absolutely, it is an artistic creation. Although it mean damn, damn, or even something worse. As stated by Lucrecia Maldonado in the first part of the article, censure is not the answer. Again, although mean damn just that what? if it is a creation of the author, a personal view of a phenomenon. So read and are crap (literal meaning) and is not intended as art must ser.Cuántos authors have had a stormy relaciñón with its soil, with themselves, with their environment, and have not been victims of this. And Lima, the horrible how she will wise acá.Si sensors for the film, I have not seen yet, has anger and love, as well. If only rage or just love, too. and if it is, artistically, a native puteada the corner, then perfecto.mejor as an old national comedy said: let us pod. Greetings
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