I Just Want to Go On Record B4 the Oscars End (Inglorious Basterds is brilliant.)

By
Michael T. McPhearson
– March 8, 2010Posted in: Culture
The movie is extremely violent. At times the violence is brutal and the perpetrators gleeful in their ruthlessness. It jokes with murder and death. It is over the top. Yet it is one of the most serious movies I have ever seen. I have no idea what Quentin Tarantino intended when he wrote and directed this film. But I see stark questions invoked.  What is evil? Is vengeance evil? Is vengeance and terror ever righteous? Is it necessary and is it moral for good people to commit acts of evil to fight for a righteous cause? Where is the evil in each of us? Just some thoughts as I pull for Inglorious Basterds to win some Oscars. 🙂
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About Michael T. McPhearson

Currently Michael is executive director of Veterans For Peace and co-chair of the Don't Shoot Coalition, A Saint Louis based coalition that formed in the aftermath of Michael Brown's police killing death in Ferguson, MO. From August 2010 to September 2013, Michael worked as the National Coordinator with United For Peace and Justice. He is a former board member of Veterans For Peace and as well as Executive Director from 2005 to 2010. He works closely with the Newark based People’s Organization for Progress and the Saint Louis centered Organization for Black Struggle. Michel also publishes the Mcphearsonreport.org expressing his views on war and peace, politics, human rights, race and other things. Michael also launched Reclaimthedream.org website as an effort to change the discourse and ignite a new conversation about Dr. Martin Luther King’s message and what it means to live in just and peaceful communities.