Torture scenes in LEGO mock media self-censorship
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Abu-Ghraib, waterboarding torture, deadly G20 police aggression... these are all scenes we've come to know through the media, though not in a timely and urgent manner. They were all events that fell victim to media self-censorship. Eventually coverage of the abuses of power made their way into newspaper pages and tv screens, and the public was able to learn about these atrocities and demand for further investigation and prosecution.In protest of what she calls an irresponsible refusal to publish graphic images of torture, Flickr user Legofesto recreates horrifying events in Lego. The use of toys to depict these scenes is simultaneously sanitizing and horrifying. What do you think of them?
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Skyscraper08
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I like the idea of commercial products being used to portray injustice. I suppose its the contrast of the Lego (being a commercial product designed for entertainment) and the message (about cruelty and the unfair treatment of people within our communities).
I always wondered how they do it though - getting the pieces, the little weapons, and most of all the facial expressions.
- 9 months ago
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Skyscraper08
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747nomad
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We Americans do torture no need ling about it.
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747nomad
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747nomad
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Lego's rock
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747nomad
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Mr_Costello
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Outstanding take on Waterboarding.
- 9 months ago
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Mr_Costello
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Mikeysfake1
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Mr_Costello:
Tell us where the WMD's are and we'll let you go!
- 9 months ago
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Mikeysfake1
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richjm
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When I have kids, I want them to learn what a cruel, hard world they live in, via Lego recreations of shocking news. I could try and explain what happened to Ian Tomlinson, for example, but they'll never grasp the importance.
Unless, that is, they see it recreated in Lego.
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richjm
