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promise me i'll never be trapped in a lift with 'von' trier
i'd love to say this was a noble attempt at dealing with serious societal issues, but instead it's just an annoyingly smug 'moral tale' from arch simplifier and stone-thrower, lars 'von' trier. does 'mandalay' raise serious issues? yes. does it deal with them well or do them (or the audience) justice? not for my money. theatrically and stylistically, if you've seen 'dogville' you really don't need to see this; morally, if you need 2-and-1/4-hour sermons on the bleedin' obvious to fuel meaningless, momentary white-european indignation, then this'll be right up your alley. self-righteous nonsense. worse, simply tedious. in any way entertaining or thought-provoking? um, no. trying to be too damn clever-clever for it's own good? absolutely.
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