Mime Troupe redux
On Salon, Scott Rosenberg reviews "Mr. Smith Goes to Obscuristan." I hadn't realized it was co-written by Josh Kornbluth, local monologuist and filmmaker.
There's something I forgot to comment on before. The plot concerns a rigged election in a former Soviet Republic, Obscuristan. The U.S. is sponsoring the same man who'd been in charge since they'd been under the Soviets, a corrupt, petty-tyrannical boor. The opposition candidate, Ralif Nadir, has to hide from arrest just for announcing his candidacy. (The Mime Troupe paints with broad strokes.)
Anyway, during the incumbent's song and dance about his candidacy, the music was very distinctly and deliberately sounded like U.S. campaign music.
During Nadir's, the music was Middle Eastern.
I found it interesting that they were using U.S. music to score a message of hypocrisy and tyranny and Middle Eastern for sincerity and trustworthiness.
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