The Hoax of Hollywood

The Hoax of Hollywood

"In recent years, Iranophobia has come to encompass a wider scope of media including cinema which is incontestably capable of exercising a more powerful effect on manipulating the audience.

Along the recent Iranophobic attempts comes Argo (2012), a ‘nail-biting thriller’ which according to David Haglund, takes a few liberties with the history. A few liberties, indeed! The false façade of the movie and the glorification of CIA agent Antonio Mendez (the hero, played by Ben Affleck) in particular and the intelligence apparat in general in smuggling the escapees out of Tehran gives a flimsily larger-than-life flair to the movie on the one hand and a too-good-to-be-true feeling to the multitude of audience whose minds have already been hijacked by Western media about Iran. "

Your words are strong, obviously heartfelt, and effective at getting your message across. I don't see that your photo adds much to what you've said. While a picture can be worth a thousand words, in this case it doesn't seem to be, and the words actually seem to better accomplish their aim on their own. I think a strong expression and a photo about that expression from one of the people in your photo, instead of a photo of a big sign shot in a faux iconic fashion, would be much more effective and use the medium of photography in a more expressive and personal manner and would have reached your viewer in the kind of way your words do.

Nice and interesting proposal!!!