Ryan Rhymes with Zion

They've deconstructed Chicken Run; now the Iranian TV series on Zionist themes in Western movies gets to grips with Private Ryan:

Dr. Majid Shah-Hosseini, an Iranian film critic: [In "The Matrix"], Zion symbolizes the utopian Jewish Zionist land. These are the roots of Zionism. How come in such a popular and seemingly fictional American film, the utopia of liberty and humanity, which heralds the era of modernity – in the technical, rather than theoretical sense – is symbolized by a Zionist name – "Zion"? Moreover, names may be selected for their rhyming value. "Zion" sometimes becomes "Ryan," as in "Saving Private Ryan." They exploit even the similarity of names. The Jewish Steven Spielberg, whose previous film, "Schindler's List," reflected Zionist goals, and who turned the false story of the holocaust into an influential movie, is now making a new movie, about Private Ryan. [...]

Murtaza Ali-Abbas Mirzai, an Iranian documentary filmmaker: In "Saving Private Ryan," one sees that they are the ultimate plunderers. The scene in which the officer puts some earth from various countries into cans was just a preview of what they are doing now – taking the land of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the European countries. [...]

Narrator: While the blacks and other minorities protest the fact that Hollywood ignores their role in American history, but to no avail, prominent films like "Saving Private Ryan" highlight the role of Jewish soldiers. By exaggerating this role, the Zionists seem to be trying to achieve legitimacy for their post-war actions. In the military cemetery shown in the opening scene of the film, the picture has been edited to draw attention to the Jewish graves among others. [...]

Among the more unpleasant scenes of the film are the scenes in which a Jewish soldier directs his rage towards German POWs. When he sees some German soldiers wearing jewelry with symbols of his religion, this soldier has a fit of rage and attacks them. In these scenes, the film director presents a completely sympathetic view of this soldier's rage towards the helpless POWs. It seems as if this cry of rage is the cry of Zionism validating the crimes perpetrated by Zionism after the world war.

This would be a delicious skit on intellectuals and film critics, if it wasn't for real.

Comments

[Bob-B]

I wonder what 'Ryan's Daughter' was all about.

[dearieme]

Who called the constellation Orion?

[sackcloth and ashes]

'While the blacks and other minorities protest the fact that Hollywood ignores their role in American history, prominent films like "Saving Private Ryan" highlight the role of Jewish soldiers'

Four responses are relevant here:

(1) The US Army was segregated in WWII, so African-American troops would not have served alongside white soldiers.
(2) Captain Ryan's unit was ethnically mixed, as it included an Italian and Hungarian-American as well as a Jewish soldier.
(3) Hollywood has commemorated African-American servicemen ('Glory', 'The Tuskugee Airmen', 'Men of Honor' etc).
(4) Given the way the Iranian state treats Baluchis, Ahvaz Arabs and Kurds, who the FUCK do the Persians think they are in preaching about racisim?