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“Not in Kan… oh, wait, yes we are”
Michael Charney of the blog “Chasing Glenn Beck” was inspired to review “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” and his full post follows. You can read the original on his blog.
Kansas has long served as a powerful metaphor for our country. When L. Frank Baum first wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, he chose Kansas [...]
Tea Partiers crash the party
Fall has officially begun, and the Tea Party has proven it’s here to stay, winning big victories in last week’s primaries.
That is, if we can decide exactly what the Tea Party is, points out the New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn. Is it a decentralized, grass-roots organization, comparable to liberal and leftist groups like Moveon.org or even [...]
Billionaire Koch Brothers: “out to destroy progressivism”
Do you suspect that the Tea Party movement isn’t quite the spontaneous, grass-roots popular uprising its followers would have you believe? Then this is the read for you:
This week’s issue of the New Yorker has a comprehensive expose on the secretive right-wing political activism of the billionaire Koch brothers, whose Wichita-based energy company has made [...]
FiveThirtyEight: Is Obama losing his cool?
Nate Silver, the political forecaster who famously called Obama’s 2008 victory six months before election day, reacts to Robert Gibb’s rant against “the professional left” in an interview with The Hill:
The euphoric feeling among liberals in the days between the election and the inauguration seems so quaint now — like something that happened decades ago [...]
New York City run EXTENDED thru Aug 12, 2010
What’s the Matter with Kansas? starts its commercial New York theatrical run on Friday, July 30th at the Producers’ Club Indie House theatre, the latest addition to Manhattan arthouse cinemas. Located in Mid-town Manhattan, near the Theater District, Indie House promises to be a destination for independent film lovers.
Inside the mind of the Tea Partier
Today, of course, was “Tax Day,” marked by 768 Tea Party Protests across the country. (Slate has a map of how the movement has grown across the country.)
For the occasion, the Tea Party will unveil a “Contract From America,” a ten-point list which was arrived at through polling of its members. Here’s a summary:
(1) Require [...]
Denver area screening – April 15, 2010 – One night only!
David Sirota, famed columnist, author, and journalist, along with Denver AM 760, are hosting a special screening of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” for one night only.
Sirota will host and Thomas Frank will talk after the screening, and sign books.
Cinebarre 10001 Grant Street Thornton CO, 80229Thursday, April 15, 20106:30 pm
For tickets: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/633450668
Hurry – [...]
Screenland Crown Center Theatre, KC – EXTENDED to April 11
Update: the movie will continue to play at the Screenland Crown Center through Sunday, April 11. Go here for show times and other details.
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” will move over to the Screenland Crown Center Theater in Kansas City, MO starting Friday, March 26.
The 7:00 pm Friday show will be immediately followed by [...]
Thomas Frank and David Frum agree: Tea Parties made for TV
Thomas Frank attended the Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C. last Saturday, on the eve of the House vote to approve the health care bill. Former Bush speechwriter David Frum is calling the bill a Waterloo — for the Republicans.
Frum writes:
A huge part of the blame for today’s disaster attaches to conservatives and Republicans [...]
Win free tickets on our Facebook page
Starting today, we will be giving away pairs of free tickets to see “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” at the E Street Cinema in Washington, D.C. Become a fan on Facebook, and you’ll get the contests in your news feed, and can also find them on our fan page.
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” will screen [...]
Thomas Frank: “We are all Kansans now”
A few weeks ago, I was reading an account of the tea party movement in the NYT which pointed out that many of the movement’s recruits had suffered in some way during the recent crash and recession. A different account of the surprise Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race ascribed it to a huge [...]