[Imc-dc-editorial] Feature: Washington Interns Gone Bad: Rough but Funny Parody that Hits Close to The

[D. N. Russo]

At 04:38 PM 3/7/2003 -0500, Chuck0 wrote:
>Why is should this be a feature? Isn't this just another showing of this 
>film? Are we going to start using the center column to promote projects 
>run by our friends?
>
>Chuck0

well,
this is the Indypendent Media Center, so one would think that it would 
promote projects that are MEDIA related and are INDEPENDENT and 
interesting, according to the editorial collective. So, if there's 
substantive editorial value to the "Washington Interns Gone Bad: Rough but 
Funny Parody that Hits Close to The Hill" review or report on the screening 
with background, etc... then I would say hell yeah feature that mofo.

And ChuckO, if you made some media of creative interest, the DC-IMC 
should/would feature it, too. I'm not in support of you being "asked to 
leave" the DC-IMC... that's a good one, sounded like a joke. But 
disruptive, baseless, from-the-hip-on-a-trip statements usually get 
interpreted as FILTERable noiZZZ.

Embedded in your comment, however, may seriously be a worthy discussion 
about who and how the editorial collective of this IMC makes decisions. I'd 
like to see some honest discussion and critique of *that* process, 
personally. But you need to wise up and present your criticisms in a 
coherent and respectful manner with evidence and reasoned argument. I, for 
one, am waiting to understand how the great armchair critic, ChuckO, has 
come to ask the global IMC collective to "audit" this group 'from the top' 
because of "sexism" and other things you cite, when I didn't see you at the 
sexism workshop or any of the recent meetings of the group, meetings that 
involve a re-structuring that you could really help share, perhaps. How do 
you have any idea what's going on and who's making decisions?

You wrote, "I'm one of several DC media activists who are fed up with 
problems in the IMC DC, which range from lack of transparency to sexism to 
cliques to the passive approval of slander posted on the newswire against 
IMC DC activists." How come you have not raised any of these issues that 
you claim are happening at a Editorial meeting, or on this editorial list? 
Did I miss something? I'm not saying the newswire isn't full of bullshit, 
but so's the street corner and that's what the Newswire is supposed to be 
like... Are you really saying you haven't participated in using the 
Newswire to defame activists with whom you used to work? You could really 
help the "transparency" issue by making *yourself* visible, and acting like 
a part of the group instead of an adversary.

Most people would probably hope I'd just ignore you, but I don't think 
that's fair.
peace,
rupert
>old school wrote:
>>Maybe we can do a "Culture and the Arts" section with
>>the poem(s)
>>*****************
>>On Fat Tuesday, independent film director by night and
>>web developer by day, Jason Buckley debuted his film
>>(for like the billionth time) Washington Interns Gone
>>Bad at Visions Cinema. This time, however, it was
>>done. Until a studio picks it up for distribution and
>>throws some more money at it for post-production
>>polishing, that is. For me, this was the first time I
>>saw the film in its entirety. Teasers and other
>>previews have been shared with IndySEE audiences at
>>Visions film showings before, and a previous edit was
>>shared at the Art-O-Matic exhibition this past
>>October.
>>http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=54323&group=webcast