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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 11:59 AM
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I watched Pink Floyd's "The Wall"---it's still relevant isn't it?
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I watched it on DVD yesterday for the first time in many years. The first time I saw it, I kind of half paid attention to it, decided it was horribly depressing (despite the fact that I love the music off that album) and blew it off.

But this time I saw warnings against war, nationalism, fascism, totalitarianism, the loss of identity that comes with a corporate controlled society and a LOT of sexual issues with women Roger Waters must have had.

One thing though: I have never understood what he was trying to say with the final scene (SPOILER ALERT): little kids cleaning up an obvious bombing site in England (Ireland) where a milk truck has been blown up. They are carrying away rocks, cleaning up, then one child finds a bottle that was a Molotov cocktail and he takes the rag out of it, pours out the flammable chemicals, end of movie.

Anyone?
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