sum' er fare

The old Appalachian jest, as appropriated by the band Wilco, is likely appropriate here. Valuations have been held as they regard the notion of Chomsky's liberal warrior and "Iron Man" (though how much was saved by the studio as they did not have to provide the full backstory to Tony Stark as the past and public history of Robert Downey offered such up on a platter for them?) the blank story of the merged Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde as relates the latest Ed Norton (no curbing of black men necessary - there is a pasty Englishman to take the place) has been ignored, and the water chumming work of "The Dark Knight" still has something to offer and we shall at some point address it to be sure. But if we are to ask, if we are to question, if we are to ponder and wonder as we wonder about the new season of both that prison break show and Jack Bauer we wonder what might be made of Jason Stratham and the new "Death Race" 2008. There are collapsed narratives here and I might suggest that in many ways it is more honest and forthright than "Seabiscuit" and likely moreso than "Fourth of July." We shall soon see.