Abishai100
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This is a media-progressive vignette inspired by the films The Post and The Motorcycle Diaries.
Cheers,
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A rogue ISIS terrorist (named Ali) living in America disguised as a 'radical journalist' writing for the New Yorker attended a conference about celebrities involved in socially-conscious issues (such as eco-activism) as UCLA. Two American actors/celebrities, Tom Hanks (star of The Post) and Johnny Depp (star of The Ninth Gate) also attended the UCLA conference and noticed that Ali showed up in a strange 'radical-hippie costume.' Since Hanks and Depp were friends, they decided to talk to Ali together.
ALI: I'm psyched you two showed up!
HANKS: Well, it's an important conference...
DEPP: You look very...interesting, Ali.
ALI: Pretend I'm a hippie or a terrorist.
HANKS: It's hard not to!
DEPP: You seem to have an unusual 'agenda.'
Ali explained to Hanks and Depp that he was at the UCLA conference to take photos and notes about what Americans thought about celebrities engaged in the modern media. Ali also told them he was a comic book fan and his costume was meant to make him look like the fictional mutant-vigilante 'Darkman.' Hanks and Depp wondered if Ali truly was some kind of radical (possibly dangerous), so they told Ali about an upcoming Martin Scorsese film about an Algerian-born American college student becoming seduced by radical terrorism in the Middle East.
Ali confessed he loved the idea for the film and wanted to learn more. After the conference, Ali met with Hanks and Depp and Scorsese to provide ideas and personal insights about what everyday pedestrians thought about socially-marketed perspectives on radical politics in the modern world. Scorsese had a strange suspicion that Ali was in fact a real terrorist (of some kind!), but he had no evidence. Ali then called his friend in ISIS and told him he was now a 'consultant' for the Scorsese film about a radical college student becoming seduced by terrorism-romanticism. How would the media shape this new 'sociopolitical intrigue,' and would the Scorsese film offer any pro-American optimism?
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Cheers,
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A rogue ISIS terrorist (named Ali) living in America disguised as a 'radical journalist' writing for the New Yorker attended a conference about celebrities involved in socially-conscious issues (such as eco-activism) as UCLA. Two American actors/celebrities, Tom Hanks (star of The Post) and Johnny Depp (star of The Ninth Gate) also attended the UCLA conference and noticed that Ali showed up in a strange 'radical-hippie costume.' Since Hanks and Depp were friends, they decided to talk to Ali together.
ALI: I'm psyched you two showed up!
HANKS: Well, it's an important conference...
DEPP: You look very...interesting, Ali.
ALI: Pretend I'm a hippie or a terrorist.
HANKS: It's hard not to!
DEPP: You seem to have an unusual 'agenda.'
Ali explained to Hanks and Depp that he was at the UCLA conference to take photos and notes about what Americans thought about celebrities engaged in the modern media. Ali also told them he was a comic book fan and his costume was meant to make him look like the fictional mutant-vigilante 'Darkman.' Hanks and Depp wondered if Ali truly was some kind of radical (possibly dangerous), so they told Ali about an upcoming Martin Scorsese film about an Algerian-born American college student becoming seduced by radical terrorism in the Middle East.
Ali confessed he loved the idea for the film and wanted to learn more. After the conference, Ali met with Hanks and Depp and Scorsese to provide ideas and personal insights about what everyday pedestrians thought about socially-marketed perspectives on radical politics in the modern world. Scorsese had a strange suspicion that Ali was in fact a real terrorist (of some kind!), but he had no evidence. Ali then called his friend in ISIS and told him he was now a 'consultant' for the Scorsese film about a radical college student becoming seduced by terrorism-romanticism. How would the media shape this new 'sociopolitical intrigue,' and would the Scorsese film offer any pro-American optimism?
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