[IP] Chuck E Cheese sells Iraq War to three year olds
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From: EEkid@xxxxxxx
Date: September 4, 2005 3:10:08 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Chuck E Cheese sells Iraq War to three year olds
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090205C.shtml
"When the birthday party settled into eating pizza and birthday cake,
a second feature began. A series of large screen TVs came to life to
show Chuck E. Cheese TV. The program was, at first, MTV-like.
Performers in large animal garb sang and danced through an idyllic
scene with herons and alligators. A man clad in a blazing yellow
shirt and red vest skipped across the screen, singing and snapping
his fingers to the lively music. The scene shifted to a person
dressed in a dog costume fishing in the lake with 3- and 4-year-old
children and then shifted again from pictures of the children to
mothers holding small babies. Although it was disjointed and a bit
crazed, it was what one might expect at Chuck E Cheese.
Then my jaw dropped: the MTV segment shifted to a promotional piece
compiled by the Department of Defense! The promo showed happy,
smiling soldiers in Iraq handing out toys and candies to delighted
children. This was followed by a series of scenes showing war planes,
tanks and more happy soldiers. This production lasted for 5 minutes
of the 15-minute CEC TV show. Throughout the segment, the large
animated puppets' eyes shifted toward the TV as they nodded in
approval and clapped. Then their eyes shifted back to the children,
who were spellbound by the movie."
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