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Many critics have been taking the easy swipe at Nicole Kidman having to pretend to be lifeless to survive the aliens in her new, supposedly underwhelming The Invasion. I’m not above that jab myself, but then it hit me. Screw Iraq. The Invasion should have been about the celebrity culture. I’m not kidding, this could have been a fresh, relevant way to adapt Jack Finney’s novel Invasion of the Body Snatchers for the fourth time. Celebrity culture is just as timely as Iraq, and, arguably, as potentially damaging to our country.
Or combine the two, and tackle how the celeb obsession distracts us from issues such as Iraq. Dress it up with some aliens, get some free satire with Kidman’s name, and you’ve, at the very least, got something with some ambition.
I won’t be seeing The Invasion this week, I have to pick my battles, but I do highly recommend the Philip Kauffman/Donald Sutherland Invasion of the Body Snatchers if you are drawn to the subject matter.
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