out of egypt

out of egypt, starring dr kara cooney

generally i get the vibe that its very american-judgemental. like there's alot of other-ness involved with this womans world view. secondly it seems like its entirely framed around the fact that she's a woman. and that because of that she's then supposed to be sexed up. which i kinda find a bit repulsive as its meant to be a science show. there was a scene where she was getting blessed by a south american priest, and she recalls getting spit on, and they play an instant replay... which just surprises me. highlighting the strangeness of something new, without a hint of perhaps understanding. a quote i read a day or so ago from my japanese guide book read that visitors should be perpared to readjust their view of the palce alot as appearences are decieving. i think this could be held true for any place and person on our planet. be prepared to be surprised, and dont take anything for granted.

also it makes me wonder why arent any of the local experts involved in this? a white chick from california in egypt? given todays climate regarding the whole terrorist situation? and there's not a single brown faced guy walking alongside the pyramids with her? i don't know i just feel like maybe alot of experts are being locked out of this show. like this woman comes in, without giving nods to those who are already doing something with these artifacts, and isntead just wants to more or less pillage the history and magnificense for her own television shows? and yet those anglo-germanic folks on their forums would cry bloody murder if some islamo-funded docu was shot at the vatican. its just rediculous.

even her tone of voice seems to have that slight bit of like... disdain... i mean really. why the fuck is it so hard to just open yourself up, and just see these people as real people, to no longer put up barriers in your mind between you and them. but i think her viewpoint encourages such other viewpoints as racism and shit. she's not really fucking comfortable enough in the world to really consider herself in front of a human being whilst in front of... a human being. instead they're subtitled, excluded from captions recognizing their university affiliation or even their first and last name. and then the way she repeats everything they say as if they perhaps arent sharp enough to carry on with her. it just comes across as insulting and disgusting.

it just makes me wonder how she can feel so welcome to study things such as egyptian history, when there's like, mummies in universities all around the world. it just feels like pure exploitation. if they had the dead of say scandinavian origin in museums around the world there may be a clamor to return the bodies to their country of origin.

it just feels like egyptian history is exploited and exported as a commodity and a marvel for other countries, at the cost of perhaps the richness of the country itself. like for instance why wasn't there a movement to keep egyptian pyramids and mummies IN egypt? why weren't these things considered national treasures and worthy of preservation? instead they're picked apart and shipped to museums worldwide. and it just feels disgusting in a way, how such a country's rich history was exploited by those who came in and pillaged then left whilst populating museums with the spoils.

and again and again, they ahve experts from local countries native to the archeological remnants that are continually not recognized by name and university of affilliation, and instead are given captopns to help their "totally undiscernable" dialect make some sense. and all she does is repeat abck to them what htey say to her, looking for a hint of approval that yes, she parroted it back quite correctly. what fucking shitty stuff. highly insulting, and just smacks of racism. she understands what theyre saying, so do i , as well as likely the majority of her viewership. stop with the captiopns, and just give them their name of regocnition and university of origin. they deserve equal treatment to that of the white university professors. stop with the other-ness. they're human beings speaking a discernable dialect of english, your own fucking language, cut the crap, stop acting like its filmed in french, and give them their due recognition as lifetime seekers of knowledge, much like yourself, narrator.

and then a chick, from say a christian nation in south america... doesnt get captions and isntead gets a name and university of affiliation. and there's no fucking repeating back of their words. its just fucking rediculous shit. so obviously she considers certani peoples other-ness to be greater than others, some deserving captions, others earning their right to have their name fucking displayed. shwo them all... and stop acting like english speakers need interpreters. of university level education no less.

and then the treatment of how the gods hold the head of say a decapitated person, that then to be emphasized as "gruesome"... stop with the labeling. you ahve no idea how those in their time reacted to this. you have no idea... so instead of trying to wrongfully follow through with the labeling, take a step back, and just recognize its way beyodn you to make such leaps of thought and to then speak them forth as almost certainty on the same level of importance as any of hte facts she rattles off about the pyramids or their makers.

i guess at the end of the day i hate the snide and snotty demeanor that seems to like bleed off of this womans voice that just really makes it hard for me to enjoy her programming. she is rattling off facts yes, but there is a visible and audible amount of distancing she does between her and the content at hand, she isnt one of those bearth in the dust and live like the locals do types, like say... anthony bourdain, or any number of those typical bbc-english experts and their docu's they host... no she's more sarah palin-ish and just has her narrowminded views and conservative vibe, more reminicent of bush jr. than anything near-enjoyable.