Sad-dam depressing
December 31st, 2006 at 01:00
So he’s dead, just like my faith in humanity and the post-2003 Iraqi legal system. If there’s one thing that struck me about the video of Saddam having the noose put around his neck, aside from the general creepiness about watching a man die, it was the terrible production values.
It was one of the biggest events in recent history, yet the lighting was poor, the camera work was shoddy, and the studio looked dirty and unpleasant. I think Osama Bin Laden’s 2004 Election Special broadcast was better produced than this monstrosity.
And I think that was the problem- dressing up the executioners like terrorists, complete with balaclavas, and filming it with a handheld camera doesn’t exactly add any legitimacy to your murder video. It was even leaked to an arabic news channel, so the only video of it we have is covered in garish unpolished graphics… just like the Bin Laden tapes, which on a psychological level makes you think “terrorists!”, and thus, “murder of a human being who has been denied fair legal process!”.
If they wanted to do this properly, and with some credibility, they ought to have filmed the execution in HD, in a well lit studio with some photogenic and well known executioners: perhaps Ant & Dec?
Essentially I’m trying to say that if you’re going to murder a helpless man in custody you should do it in a spectacular way.
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