ARTS HUB AUSTRALIA — It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. Aristotle, Rhetoric
Heated debate over the film adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300 is the most important thing to have arisen from a visually stunning but otherwise average film. Reviews by poorly informed cultural relativists and the anti-Western camp, many of which bordered on bigotry, have metaphorically aligned the Spartans with the US’ militarist neo-con philosophy or Nazis in some cases. On the other side, Western superiorists and neo-cons have issued equally bigoted responses in support of the film.
