What an extreme delight to read Jack's message!!!!
I think he proves most of his own points. Even in
plain text, compelling comment takes hold of an
audience.
His point that propagandists for our goals have
to succeed in some sort of time frame is where
we may disagree. If we made some new shows
for distribution on the net or by very cheap CD's
and DVD's, on a not-for-porift basis, we could
even include the TRUTH of Jack's experience--
that live interaction after a show is better than a
show (or nearly so) can be INTERNAL to the
film and story.
The whole point is that if people could buy
DVD's the way they buy books -- but much
cheaper -- with the HOPE of really having in
hand and house a SOURCE of great thinking,
like a copy of the Declaration of Independence
or The Bill of Rights -- OK, I'm a going off the
deep end -- we ain't going to reach that level
of inspiring content -- but the point is IF we
can look for that experience as the END IN
ITSELF -- so that voters have a powerful
source of ideas that speak to such things
as "money enough for all", "pensions (similar
to what Gephardt promised today)", "health
care paid for by thinking of the doctors, nurses,
beds and medicine -- not the money itself --
because these doctors, etc., who get paid and
go shopping and keep the next patient
employed on the job, etc.", and a million other
serious themes that can be made DRAMATIC
AND FUN AND FUNNY LIKE SEINFIELD.
Anyway, Jack and I do NOTdisagree on anything.
We compete and only need a good editor and
director to make sense of the bullshit we say.
The problem is not with the idea. The problem
is with the hard work it takes to do it. But if
Jack with his experience doesn't die too soon
we might have a chance.
I'm copyiing this to social credit forum. Am also
sending Jack's original to them.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Hirschfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Reaching the Voter - Can We Do It ?
At 2:27 PM -0500 2/19/03, Curtiss Priest wrote:
>I have no doubt that you and I and various folk can talk
>all day on some <... snip> [see Jack's original message]
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