Article 6KB7Q The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza | Naomi Klein

The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza | Naomi Klein

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Naomi Klein
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If Jonathan Glazer's brave Oscar acceptance speech made you uncomfortable, that was the point

It's an Oscar tradition: a serious political speech pierces the bubble of glamour and self-congratulation. Warring responses ensue. Some proclaim the speech an example of artists at their culture-shifting best; others an egotistical usurpation of an otherwise celebratory night. Then everyone moves on.

Yet I suspect that the impact of Jonathan Glazer's time-stopping speech at last Sunday's Academy Awards will be significantly more lasting, with its meaning and import analyzed for many years to come.

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