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第一印象と言ったら、エゴがデカい！vincent galloを思い出させられるほどエゴがデカい！そのクールで宗教的な雰囲気、何なんだ！自分のカッコウよさを見せるために作った映画なのか！

で、最後になって、へえ！ただのギャグじゃないか！別に何の意味もないじゃないか！なんかよかったなってほっとした。

いや、挿入曲の使い方がやっぱりめちゃくちゃわけわかんないけどな。なんでいきなり歌わなきゃならないんだろう。「ふれあい」って、いい曲なんだけど。

まあ、全体的に面白いと思うね。DVD特典としてのインタビューBOOKもけっこう面白い。「板尾創路とピエール瀧の考える文化　ハチ公はなぜ剥製にされたのか？」という対談本も昨日から読んでるけど、正直、「いや、それはちょっと…」と思っちゃうこともあるから、やっぱこのインタビューがよかったな。

ちなみに、映画の中の刑務所が美しいな。本当の刑務所じゃないと知った時、ちょっとがっかりしたな（笑）。

あっ、そう、最近板尾創路という人にハマってるより、ちょっと好奇心がわいてるんだね。何故なら、自分には俳優を見る目ってか、人を見る目が無駄にあり過ぎるという勝手な自信を持ってる人として、この人だけに、わからないなって感じ。松本人志「さや侍」のきっかけで見た時、なんだか普通の人がよさそうなおっさんだなと思ったのに、ちょっと調べてみたら、へえ、シュールな芸風の芸人さんなの！？そしてそういう芸風って、突っ込んでくれる人がいなかったら、観客としてそのまま凍え死にしちゃうよ！できるだけ映画とかドラマとかお笑い番組とか見てみたが、やっぱりよくわからない。いや、実はやっぱり普通の人がいいおっさんかも（笑）。人生唯一の自信が叩き潰された。

ドラマといえば、主演の「木下部長とボク」と「デカ黒川鈴木」を見ましたが、なんか芸人キャラの存在が大きすぎてちょっと残念。普通にいい俳優だから、普通に演技させればいいのに。両方とも大宮エリーさんの脚本だよね。wikipediaによると、"大宮作品の多くに板尾創路が出演するが、これは「橋田壽賀子と泉ピン子のようにコンビで作品を出し続けよう」という両者の約束によるもの"だそうですが、また一緒にやったら、芸人キャラなんて気にせずに脚本を書いてあげてくれればいいなと思います。ウケ狙いってことかもしれないが、日本のお笑いワールドについて何も知らない外人観客として、ちょっともったいないって感じですね。





追伸：先日、松本人志の初監督作「大日本人」をもう一度見て、へえ、ここにも「ふれあい」！「脱獄王」の「ふれあい」って、「大日本人」へのオマージュ？？？

source:130R（板尾創路・ほんこん）コント1989年@youtube

アハハハハハハハハハハハハハハハ！！！
ROFLYSST (rolling on the floor laughing yet somehow still typing)

誰かヤフオクで売ってくださいよ！TAT

あっ、売ってくれたら、「ワハハハ」のシンプルバージョンのほうがいいね。

「アハハハ」の絵バージョンなんて恥ずかしいよ！そんなもん使いたくないよ！

それより、まだピックの使い方もわからないだろう！

ああああ、使えなくてもほしいよ！
そう！FOK46ピックがあったら、本気を出すぞ！(>_<)

まあ、外見だけ似てもなんにもならないけどな…
Jonathan Rhys Meyersって、俳優よりやっぱモデルだな。
お父さんたちそんなにカッコウいいのに…（おい！）

15の時、私は生まれました。

って、いつか自伝を書くなら、こう書き始めようとずっと前から考えてきた。
自伝なんて書かない。

小学校一年生の時からかな、なぜかどうせ中学校に入る前に死ぬんだと思い込んだ。別に生きるのがつらいとか、死にたいとか思ってなかった。自殺するつもりもなかった。ただ中学校に入る前に死ぬと「知った」。

死なないまま中学校に入って、迷った三年を過ごした。高校に入っても死ななかった。こりゃ本当に困ったな。

中学校に入る前に死ぬと想定して生きてきたせいか、映画にも、音楽にも、本にも、何もかもに興味がなかった。当時大人気の小虎隊やら、四大天王やら、いったいどこが面白い。同級生の話題に入れない。何の意味でもダサい。クラスの男の子に「四大ブス」の一人と言われてる。性格も悪い。いじめられていながら、もっと弱い立場の娘をいじめてる。

こんなダメな私、やっぱり死ぬべきだ。生きていっても食糧の無駄遣いだけじゃないか。でも自殺する勇気がない。
ということが何年も頭の中に繰り返していた。さすが私でも、いつまでもこう考えてもしようがないと思ったのは15の時だった。1996年、高校二年生。

では、そういう後ろ向きの考え方を追い出すために、どうすればいいか。そう！誰かを好きになってみよう！

ちょうどその時、張学友（ジャッキー・チュン）という歌手が新しいアルバムを出した。じゃ、彼にしよう！「四大天王」の一人として大人気そうだし、評判も良さそうだし、彼のファンになったら、笑われないだろうと思った。実は1996年に、香港「四大天王」って、もう人気のピークを過ぎた。若者たちはもう西洋あるいは日本のポップミュージックに惹かれるようになった。ダサい私にはもちろん知らなかった。初めてファンになったから、すごく興奮して、いつも友達にくどくどした。張学友のことなんかもううんざり！と周りの人がみんな切れちゃったほど。人気歌手のファンになってもダサさが変わらないもんね。

大学三年生の時かな、たまたま「ドラキュラ」という映画で、Gary Oldmanに出会った。そうか！いつも自分がどこか変わってると思うんだけど、実はそもそも変人ですか！じゃ、正真正銘の変人になってやろう！と、そろそろ社会人にならなければならない歳で、変人への修行が始まった。まあ、修行と言っても、変な映画を見たり、就職してもすぐやめたりする程度のおそい中二病だけだった。

変人志望の私から見れば、歌がうまい普通のいい人というイメージの張学友が、嫌いになったわけじゃないけど、ファンであることがちょっと恥ずかしくなっちゃったな。

でも、ライブを見に行くたびに、やっぱりすごいと思わざるを得なかった。

一昨日と昨日、「1/2世纪」ツアーの123本目と124本目を見に行きました。そう、レポを書くつもりだったんだ。なんでこんなもんになっちゃったな。

「1/2世纪」というのは、50歳のこと。50（前後）の歳で、一年半に百本以上のライブをやって（基本的に体育館スケール、一昨日と昨日は八万人キャパの上海体育場、実際発売したチケットは五万枚かな）、3時間以上全力で歌ったり踊ったり、歌が相変わらずうまい、踊りが相変わらず下手くそ（おい！）…まあ、それより、こんな真面目で素直ないい人こそ、誰よりも強い、誰よりもかっこういいな、と「拗ねてる人」好きになった拗ねてる私は今になって思った。私も50の時こんな人になればいいな。無理か。



ジャッキー・チュン（張学友）５０歳”半世紀コンサートツアー”
http://www2.explore.ne.jp/news/articles/15185.html
去年の記事なんだけど

といっても、二人しかいない…
でも寂しくない！すごく盛り上がったよ！

先日、IKUZINASHIちゃん（オバサンの私から見れば、可愛い男の子だよハハハ）が北京から上海に遊びに来て、オーケン話で盛り上がった！いや、盛り上がらない人として、私なりに盛り上がったんだ…

一緒にカラオケに行こうという提案を聞いて、へえ、上海にも日本のシステムを使ってるカラオケがあるんだっけ！上海人失格。

UGAというシステムだろう…筋少の歌、なんと90曲以上！オーケンソロなら4曲か…特撮のも10数曲？まんが道のボヨヨンロックもあるんだよ！空手バカボンのは！さすがにない…残念…

6時間熱唱！ってより、ひたすら叫んだ…
歌いにくいね…歌えねえんだよ！
オーケンがすごい！と初めて実感した…

IKUZINASHIちゃんは朗読の部分もちゃんとできるんだ…日本語が上手でいいな…私なんか歌詞を見てもそんなに速く歌えないな…

会えてよかったね！
一人でカラオケに行くのもちょっとアレなんだから、今度はいつだろうな。

オーケンの私的・仰天カルト・ムービー150を友達に見せたら、orangeも自分のカルト・ムービー・リストをつくってくれよと言われた。カルト・ムービーって一体何なんだ！と思いながら、まあ、暇だから作ってみた。

これ、ちょっと変わってるからカルトでしょう…バカ映画じゃカルトでしょう…いやこれこそカルトとして有名そうですね…Titanicも一種のカルトだという意味では…普通の映画なんだけど、ネタとしてカルト映画に出てきそうだから…ドラマでもいいか…アニメは…ドキュメンタリーでもアリかな…あああもうどうでもいい！っていうようなリストで、何の意味もないだろう…

同じ監督の作品を一本しか入れないつもりですが、一本以上入れても別にこの監督が大好きというわけじゃない…きっとほかの私的理由があるんでしょう…まあ、基本的に俳優のために映画を観る人なんだから…

順…がない

1. They Might Be Giants
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067848

2. Bored to Death
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255913

3. Murder by Death
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074937

4. The Browning Version
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043362

5. Barbarella
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062711

6. Tabloid
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704619

7. A Taste of Honey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055506

8. De laatste dagen van Emma Blank / The Last Days of Emma Blank
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239446

9. 後の日
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700501

10. 無能の人
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102480

11. 時をかける少女
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086456

12. House of Cards
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098825

13. からっ風野郎
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140307

14. 黑蜥蜴
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063203

15. 黒薔薇の舘
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064556

16. Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1574538

17. Limelight
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044837

18. posh nosh
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352091

19. Franz Kafka's it's a wonderful life
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106961

20. In the Cold Light of Day
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110125

21. Young@Heart
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047007

22. Cold Comfort Farm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112701

23. The Catherine Tate Show
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441051

24. All About Bette
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106247

25. Ariel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094675

26. The Shop Around the Corner
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045

27. The Wrestler
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125849

28. Sexy Beast
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203119

29. The Ruling Class
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069198

30. The Lodger
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017075

31. The Unknown
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018528

32. Blood Tea and Red String
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0827498

33. How to Irritate People
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063100

34. He Who Gets Slapped
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014972

35. Being There
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841

36. Bedazzled
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061391

37. Tras el cristal / In a Glass Cage
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090197

38. The Thick of It
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0459159

39. DEAD LEAVES
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439533

40. The League of Gentlemen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184135

41. Psychoville
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305562

42. The Young Ones
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083505

43. 南海十三郎
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134836

44. Swan Lake
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161997

45. 上海异人娼馆
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082422

46. Plan 9 from Outer Space
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077

47. 巷説百物語（アニメ　監督: 殿勝秀樹）
http://movie.douban.com/subject/2216301/

48. The Naked Civil Servant
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073438

49. NHKにようこそ!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857297

50. "Play for Today" Schmoedipus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072121

51. "Cracker"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0394430

52. Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108828

53. The Singing Detective
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090521

54. げんしけん
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473578

55. 少女革命ウテナ～アドゥレセンス黙示録
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243558

56. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081874

57. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (movie)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724

58. Izo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377079

59. The Local Stigmatic
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097769

60. Oh! What a Lovely War
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064754

61. 1980
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461893

62. Entertaining Mr. Sloane
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065700

63. キャシャーン
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821

64. Fellini's Casanova
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074291

65. Naked Lunch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102511

66. Curb Your Enthusiasm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264235

67. Petulia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063426

68. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115641

69. 東京ゾンビ
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451954

70. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248845

71. Pity in History
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492725

72. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167599

73. Hellboy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167190

74. Black Books
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262150

75. Shameless
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377260

76. 1900
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074084

77. 永遠の仔
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807668

78. Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112691

79. Little Voice
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147004

80. Britannia Hospital
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083694

81. Helter Skelter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383393

82. L'histoire d'Adèle H./ The Story of Adele H
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073114

83. 時効警察
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0809732

84. ケイゾク
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207256

85. Galaxy Quest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789

86. Truly Madly Deeply
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103129

87. Strings
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374248

88. Spaced
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664

89. Count Duckula
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088500

90. Такси-блюз/ Taxi Blues
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100757

91. Lawn Dogs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119506

92. Nine Dead Gay Guys
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336910

93. 陰陽師
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355857

94. The Office
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290978

95. South Park
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121955

96. Jeanne d'Arc
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151137

97. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051459

98. Lolita
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119558

99. The People vs Larry Flynt
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117318

100. 8 femmes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283832

101. American Splendor
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206

102. Buffalo '66
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118789

103. 亚飞与亚基
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105864

104. 射雕英雄传之东成西就
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108074

105. 金枝玉叶
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109958

106. 胭脂扣
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093258

107. 春光乍洩
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118845

108. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971

109. Taxi Driver
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314

110. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013

111. Ultimo tango a Parigi / Last Tango in Paris
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070849

112. The Godfather
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646

113. Singin' in the Rain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152

114. The Sound of Music
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742

115. Midnight Cowboy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665

116. Gods and Monsters
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120684

117. The Thorn Birds
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085101

118. Bitter Moon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104779

119. Jane Eyre
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065911

120. A Clockwork Orange
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921

121. Billy Elliot
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249462

122. The Full Monty
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119164

123. Sunrise
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018455

124. Boys Don't Cry
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171804

125. Dangerous Liaisons
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094947

126. ¡Vampiros en La Habana! / Vampires in Havana
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090249

127. The Fearless Vampire Killers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061655

128. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148

129. ポストマン・ブルース
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119926

130. PicNic
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117338

131. Velvet Goldmine
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120879

132. 御法度
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213682

133. Still Crazy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149151

134. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629

135. Withnail & I
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094336

136. Rushmore
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128445

137. Blood for Dracula
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071233

138. Sin City
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792

139. Shaun of the Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748

140. Il portiere di notte / The Night Porter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071910


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俳優コーナー　>_<

Gary Oldman

Prick Up Your Ears
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093776

Sid and Nancy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954

Meantime
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082727

Nil by Mouth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119792

Dracula
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874

True Romance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108399

The Fifth Element
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116

A Christmas Carol
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067106

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519

We Think the World of You
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096427

———————————————————

Tim Roth

Made in Britain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084287

Metamorphosis
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093530

Reservoir Dogs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236

Rob Roy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114287

Little Odessa
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110365

Common Pursuit
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103993

The War Zone
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141974

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David Thewlis

Beckett on Film - Endgame
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216736

Naked
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107653

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098032

The Singing Detective
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090521

Besieged
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149723

Total Eclipse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702

———————————————————

Rhys Ifans

Not Only But Always (2004) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408046

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301684

Kevin & Perry Go Large
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205177

"The Last Word Monologues" Six Days One June
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1299591

A Number
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010035

You're Dead...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178997

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Leslie Howard

Pygmalion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030637

It's Love I'm After
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029058

The Petrified Forest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028096

The Scarlet Pimpernel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025748

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David Bowie

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085933

The Man Who Fell to Earth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074851

The Hunger
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085701

Labyrinth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091369

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大槻ケンヂ (>_<)

Fancy Dance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097330

! [ai-ou] / アイ・オー

空想科学任侠伝　極道忍者ドス竜
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366824

グミ・チョコレート・パイン
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1254957/

stacy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368296

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ps. オーケンのリストは片仮名いっぱいで分かりにくいですよ！もしかして、日本人にとっては、本当に英語より片仮名のほうが分かりやすいですか…
意訳ならわかるんですが、片仮名が日本語といっても、翻訳じゃないでしょう…ただの発音のマネでしょう…英語が分からなかったら、発音だけ知っても意味が分からないでしょう…例えば「Titanic」というタイトルを「タイタニック」に訳すのが問題がありませんが、「The Story of Titanic」というタイトル（があったら）を「タイタニックの物語」じゃなくて、「ザ・ストーリー・オブ・タイタニック」に訳すのがなんでだろう…英語そのままでいいじゃないか…

Kony 2012: what's the real story?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/mar/08/kony-2012-what-s-the-story

ちょっと整理してみたが…（長すぎ！）

1. About the video

"Kony2012 is aimed at children... it is a very, very persuasive, manipulative film, beautifully made." "I think it's very successful because it doesn't ask very much of people. It doesn't ask people to understand much more than 'There is good, and there is bad.'"

"They are focusing more on an American solution to an African conflict than the holistic approach which should include regional governments and people who are very key to make this a success," says Ochen, "Every war has its own victims. They are advocating for a mechanism to end war with more attention to a perpetrator not victims. Campaigning on killing one man and that's the end is not enough."

Couldn't help but feel the director's concern was less about addressing the needs of those affected today by the LRA and the complexities of tackling the rebel group, than as serving as a very slick promotional vehicle for his charity.

It is partisan, tactless and very bold. But it could be seen as insufferably condescending, a way of making US college kids feel good about themselves. And is Jason Russell scared to come out and admit that effective action entails an old-fashioned boots-on-soil invasion of a landlocked African country, with all the collateral damage that this implies?

2. About Uganda nowadays

The video heavily relies on images shot in Uganda more than 6 years ago and presents it as the current situation.

It doesn't sound like a fair representation of Uganda. We have challenges within the country, but certainly the perception of a country at war is not accurate at all. There are political, economic and social challenges, but they are complex. Being dramatic about a country at war is not accurate.

Years after Kony has moved away from Uganda, northern Uganda is dealing a whole lot of fresh challenges of resettlement and dealing with broken systems.

Many NGOs and the government, especially local government in the north, are about rebuilding and securing lives for children, in education, sanitation, health and livelihoods. International campaigning that doesn't support this agenda is not so useful at this point. We have moved beyond that.

I don't think this is the best way. It might be an appeal that makes sense in America. But there are more fundamental challenges. Kony has been around for 25 years and over. I don't think in the north at the moment that is really what is most important. It might be best on the internet and the like but, at the end of the day, there are more pressing things to deal with. If the Americans had wanted to arrest him, they would have done that a long time ago.

If the international media want to be helpful especially for the conflict situation, they should exert more time and effort understanding practically what the needs are. It is fast-changing.

The video would have been appealing in the last decade. Now we just need support for the recovery rather than all this international attention on this one point. Getting the facts right is most important for the international media.

3. About Invisible Children

Behind the slick website and the touchy-feely talk about "changing the course of human history", there's a hard-nosed money-making operation led by US filmmakers and accountants, commuication experts, lobbyists and salespeople.

So far the organisation has released 11 films and run film tours across the US and other countries to raise awareness. In Uganda, it has given scholarships to 750 children, and helped to re-build schools there and in centralo Africa. The organisation's accounts show it's a cash rich operation, which more than tripled its income in 2011, with more than two thirds of its money coming from "general donations".

The accounts suggest nearly 25% of its $8.8m income last year was spent on travel and film-making with only around 30% going toward programes on the ground. The great majority of the money raised has been spent in the US. $1.7 million went on US employee salaries, $357,000 in film costs, $850,000 in film production costs, $244,000 in "professional services" - thought to be Washington lobbyists - and $1.07 million in travel expenses . Nearly $400,000 was spent on office rent in San Diego.

Charity Navigator, a US charity evaluator, gives Invisible Children three out of four stars overall, four stars financially, but only two stars for "accountability and transparency".


4. About Kony and LRA

Joseph Kony is not in Uganda and hasn't been for six years. The LRA is not in Uganda but now operates in the DRC, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

In October last year, Obama authorised the deployment of 100 US army advisers to help the Ugandan military track down Kony, with no results disclosed to date.

The LRA is much smaller than previously thought. It does not have have 30,000 or 60,000 child soldiers. The figure of 30,000 refers to the total number of children abducted by the LRA over nearly 30 years.

It also makes the point that there is currently no threat to remove the US advisers who are working with the Uganda government to track down the army – Invisible Children's key aim is to force the US government to keep them there.

5. About the Ugandan government and army

The Ugandan government and army are a deeply problematic ally in their campaign.

The Guardian has widely reported recent electoral violence and the persecution of opposition leader, homosexuals and journalists in Uganda. This is clearly sanctioned, even driven by the country's leadership. The persecution of homosexuals is also strongly driven (and funded) by American-based Christian fundamentalist groups, who also see Uganda as a frontline in the cultural war against Islam, thanks to the Museveni regimie's outspoken (and military-strategis) support of the US 'War on Terror'.

While the extreme atrocities committed by the LRA cannot be justified by any 'political cause', the LRA did originally emerge as a direct reaction to extreme atrocities committed since the late 1980s by the government and armed forces of Uganda against the Acholi people in northern Uganda. The person in charge since 1986 until today is Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, who is himself a former rebel army leader and came to power by force.

The Ugandan army and military, including members of the family of the president, are known to have cashed in on the country's sending of troops to participate in the civil war of Congo DRC in the 1990s. The enrichment schemes involve the plundering of timber and high-value minerals like gold, diamonds and coltan in eastern DRC and the creation of false payment and pension schemes for army sections that do not exist ('ghost soldiers').

6. The story behind

One salient issue the film totally misses is that the actual geography of today's LRA operations is related to a potentially troubling "resource war".

Since 2006, Uganda discovered world class oil fields along its border with DRC. The location of the oil fields has raised the stakes for the Ugandan military and its regional partners, including the US.

While LRA is seen as a mindless evil force, its deceased deputy leader, Vincent Otii, told me once that their fight with President Yoweri Museveni was about "money and oil". This context is relevant because it allows for outsiders to view the LRA issue more objectively within the recent history of violence in the wider region that includes the great Central Africa wars of the 90s, in which groups like LRA were pawns for proxy wars between countries.

Izama (Ugandan journalist) pointed out that the Ugandan military – which the Obama administration legally committed itself to assisting one year after the oil discovery – has been increasing its oil-related security operations.

"For Uganda to exploit oil on that border region, it has to run a very large security operation. Part of that includes securing the border against rebels groups including the LRA, the Allied Democratic Forces, Congolese militias and several other Sudanese and Congolese groups that are all operating in that area," he said. "LRA is actually a minority."

"Governments that are motivated by exploiting solely this resource can be pretty excessive in their choice of policies. I think that Invisible Children really lost that wonderful opportunity," Izama added. "The big story in Uganda is about the oil."

Izama believes Invisible Children was mistaken in "going back into history and casting this in terms of what happened five, six years ago, which is no longer the case."

7. How Ugandan people feel

What I'd really like is for organisations like this to have a little bit more respect for individuals like ourselves you have the capability to speak for ourselves. By putting themselves as the heroes of our situation it debilitates our own ability to progress and develop our own capacity. Every time we take a step forward to rebrand ourselves, something comes along like this and uses us in their own game. We are left as the pawns in the game. Without a better brand we cannot develop better international relations. We need to change the image of Africa as a basket case.

All ill roads are built on good intentions. Meaning well doesn't give you the right to march into my house and tell me how to live. It does not offer you that right. Uganda is my country, my brothers, cousins and countrymen. Because I have the privilege to be in the States and I have a forum which is listened to, it's my responsibility to stand up and say something. Just because you mean good doesn't give you the right to control my life.

Uganda needs to be respected as an equal participant in this, we need to be respected as equal citizens of his world. We need to understand that there is more to us than the failures of our past.

What will a $30 kit do? Did I ask you to sell my story for an action kit to make uninformed college students feel good?

8. What might happen to the local population and what they actually need

Steven Van Damme (Oxfam's protection and policy advisor for the whole of eastern Congo) said his organization is concerned about potentially violent consequences for the local population from the Kony2012 campaign.

"In general, we're concerned [about] the catastrophic consequences for the local population," Van Damme said. "We've seen in the past, over and over again, how there's been a lot of retaliation by the LRA, the burning of villages, maiming people, a lot of killings, with little military success."

According to Van Damme, military operations targeting Kony would present a host of risks. "They should take into account the protection of those people living in the areas where those military operations would take place, and at the same time [we're] concerned about the fact that Kony has surrounded himself with a lot of civilians around.

"The LRA is able to operate in that part of DRC because it is a remote area, because it's cut off, because it's isolated. There is very limited infrastructure, very limited amount of roads, schools, hospitals, very limited communications. The state authority is very weak and is absent. ... There's a lack of political acknowledgment of the presence of the LRA in the area."

Van Damme said the challenge of helping people impacted by Joseph Kony and his LRA forces requires focus on issues that are bigger than one man.

"What we want to highlight is the lack of development in the area that we're talking about, where people have a lot of concerns – including the lack of access to hospitals, roads and schools – with this impacting massively on these people," Van Damme said. "And so, any solution has to look at wider development in the area, and that seems to be where there's a lot less attention and a lot less funding and political support.

"The LRA problem goes way beyond a purely military solution and has to tackle all of these matters that basically boil down to a very underdeveloped region."

9. About Kony 2012 merchandise

There is now thousands of pounds worth of Kony 2012 merchandise available of Ebay. On the American Ebay website 1,391 items come up under a search for "Kony" including keyrings, t shirts, posters and phone covers. This search shows 443 items for sale on the English version of the site. As far as I can tell from flicking through the sellers, this is not related to the Invisible Children campaign, but seems to be some sort of industry springing up around it. There's no indication that the profits will go to charity. One seller rgalle86rob is located in Wallasey, Merseyside and offering vinyl stickers for £1.49. M-u-s-k-y, also in the UK, is selling wristbands for £2.99.

宗教的説教には興味がないのに、いつの間にか、「A Christmas Carol」の映画を5バーションも見ちゃいました。

0. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104940/




最初に見たのはこれでしょう。Michael Caineか、見てみようかって。でもSesame Streetというのが、子供向き過ぎるか、どうしても最後まで見ることができなかった…orz

1. A Christmas Carol (2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067106




初めて最後まで見たのがこのアニメーション版。パソコンで見たので、3Dとかぜんぜん見えないけど（むしろ2Dでよかった）、意外に面白かった！こんな内容にドキドキワクワクなんて、自分も本当にびっくり。Jim Carry × Gary Oldmanってすごい！shipperになっちゃうよ～(>_<)

2. A Christmas Carol (TV 1999)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216621




原作小説を読んだことがないけど、完成度が高く見える映画ですね。
まあ、Richard E GrantのCratchit役のために見たけど。REGは普通upper-middle-classのアクセントだと思いますが、役作りか、この映画にはなんだかちょっとlowerにしたみたいですね。珍しくておもしろかった～（アクセントについて何も分からない私の妄想にすぎないかも）でも実はScrooge役のほうに向いてるかも？(>_<)
Patrick StewartのScrooge役、格好よかった！Star Trek TV seriesとX-Menをまだ見てないけど…

3. A Christmas Carol （Doctor Who 2010 Christmas Special） (2010)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1672218




そう言えば、11代目doctorって、私の見たのはこれしかない？
正直、11代目がヘタなdoctorではないが（Doctor Whoってそもそも誰だってアリって感じ…？）、10代目がregenerateした時、もう興味がなくなった。脚本のSteven MoffatがRussell T. Daviesよりマシだと思いますが（私にとって、誰でもRTDよりマシだろう）、もう限界だった。Doctor Whoファンじゃないかな。別に10代目のファンでもないけど、まあ、10代目のmanic depression（躁うつ病、今は「Bipolar Disorder」と呼ぶんでしょうが、やっぱり「manic depression」のほうがなんだかいきいきしていいなと思う）的なところ、可愛かったな。
映画そのものについて、Doctor Whoのわりに悪くないじゃない？（笑）Michael Gambonもオーラが強かったし。Michael Gambonと言ったら、すごくいい俳優さんですが、なぜか好きになれないな…嫌いでもないけど…

4. The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol (2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157796




まともな「A Christmas Carol」を何バーションも見て、くだらねえなと思う人にぜひ薦めたいものです。（くだらねえと思いながら何バーションも見たのが私だけか…）
Catherine Tateはイギリスの女性コメディアンで、Doctor Whoのcompanionも演じたが（10代目doctorのDavid Tennantもここに精霊の一人として出演した）、Doctor Whoより、絶対Catherine Tate Showのほうがおもしろいと私は思う。
この意地悪を極めたおばあちゃんバーションのChristmas Carolを見たら、すっきりするよ～（笑）。

5. A Christmas Carol (TV 1984)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087056




アメリカ人として、主演のGeorge C. Scottが映画の中で唯一イギリスアクセントを話してない人？
なぜか違和感があんまりなかったのもすごいな。
まあ、あの頃のアメリカンアクセントはまだ今のようなイライラさせるものにならなかったかな。Scottは1920年代に生まれたし。

パーフォーマンスについては、imdb boardにはこんなコメントがあります：

Scott cuts a fine figure of a Scrooge with his sideburns though seems at times to be enjoying himself a wee bit too much playing the role! Stewart certainly plays the meanest Scrooge. I wouldn't want to be carolling under his Scrooge's window!

そうですね、Patrick Stewartに比べると、Scottのほうがなんだかコミック的な可愛さがあったな。まあ、そんなに簡単に「いい人」になっちまったMr. Scroogeって実は可愛い人だろう。（笑）

昔は「なんでクリスマスなんて好きにならなければいけないのよ！まだいい人にならなかったMr. Scroogeがよく言った、Humbug!」という考え方でしたが、今はちょっと大人になったから、みんな楽しめばいいじゃんと考える人になろうと頑張ってます…

「君は千手観音」

、、ラノベになりうる長編の案がいくつか頭の中にあって、書いてみたいなぁとたまに思うんですが、やっぱり大変だからやめとこう、と、書く前に心折れること「縫製人間ヌイグルマ―」を書き終えてからここ数年間に何回か。カモン観音。

せっかく日本に行ったのに、一年一回のチャンスなのに、始めての関西旅行なのに、旅行記なんてちょっとだけ書いてみたら、もう心折れちゃった…orz

フィクションの案もいくつかありますが、やっぱ私、フィクション書けないな。いつのことだったか、人生初のフィクションを書いてみたら、唯一とも言える友達に「最後はなんでそうなったの。分らないね。」と言われて、もう心折れた…

ああ、人間椅子との対バン見たい～～～ T_T
UGS大好き～～ T_T