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Saturday, February 12, 2005
 

If Only I Were Sophisticated Enough to Appreciate This. Marcel Duchamp's Fountain, a man's urinal he signed and put on display in 1917, has been declared the most influential work of modern art in a poll of 500 art experts. Tracey Emin (b. 1963), an artist influenced by Duchamp,... By Thomas Woods. [LewRockwell.com Blog]

The poll result is remarkably appropriate, in a way which no doubt escapes the "art experts" completely. It does, however, fit nicely with this article.
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Al-Muhajabah, commenting on the portrayal of Muslims in movies and TV, writes:

The problem isn't so much that there are negative depictions of Muslims, it's that there don't seem to be any other depictions.

There actually are other depictions, but they are so rare that when you see one it only emphasises the point. The only examples of positive depictions I can think of are The Thirteenth Warrior and Pitch Black.
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