Can’t stop thinking about this woman at the City Commission Meeting about the Mayor trying to shut down O Cinema yesterday. We truly need more people to be this nakedly contemptuous of our public officials wasting our time and money.
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Local artist and archivist who also spoke earlier in the meeting! Kevin Arrow rocks and I spent half the meeting sitting just off to his right deeply amused at his reactions.
Working on a piece about the meeting and its results, but if anyone wants to experience the wild mixture of emotions that was yesterday morning: first 2.5 hours of this are residents and commissioners discussing the mayor's proposal to defund and evict an arthouse cinema for showing No Other Land.
I do think it's worth noting: this is so far from over. Just look at the way that the Commissioners, even one like Gonzalez who was against the Mayor's approach to terminating O Cinema's lease, frames the movie.
I spent a lot of time on Miami Beach working and visiting friends and am still amazed there was a time when Jews (who were the majority of residents there) were not allowed on the Sunset Islands, Indian Creek, La Gorce and the Bath Club. There was a sign "No Jews" at Sunset Island #1. Kid you not
So this was about the film? This government overreach and pearl clutching is sooooo ridiculous. Don’t watch it. Like the banned books, leave it to smart people to know what they like and don’t and what is appropriate for THEIR own children.
Keep it up. They'll either start to help us. Or we will start to vote them out. They gotta get one message or the other. Money is not going to buy all of our votes.
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Also Miami 'No Other Land' is a great film quit being fascists.
Imma just leave this here for now...
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Thank you sir for your pickleball team cheer. Next caller!
Fuck yeah!