One of the worst papers I've written this semester..a rush job...try to enjoy it...cd Sex, Drugs, and a Holiday in Cambodia by Chris Damitio In 1987 Spalding Grey, released his indy film/monologue, Swimming to Cambodia. In the monologue, Gray discusses a trip he took to Thailand, his experiences on the trip, and the events that led him there. Of primary significance to the monologue is the historical understanding of the events which occurred in Cambodia and Southeast Asia as a result of the United States involvement in Vietnam. Grey uses his words to paint a picture with the brutality of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge as the canvas. The picture Grey ends up showing us is one of exploitation, mass murder, and oppression. Grey is certainly not the only artist who has drawn parallels between the United States material involvement in Cambodia and the genocide that followed. Nor is he the first to uncover the connection between the excesses of the ‘West’ and the totalitarianism which has wreaked havoc on the ‘East’.
Sex, Drugs, and Holiday in Cambodia
Sex, Drugs, and Holiday in Cambodia
Sex, Drugs, and Holiday in Cambodia
One of the worst papers I've written this semester..a rush job...try to enjoy it...cd Sex, Drugs, and a Holiday in Cambodia by Chris Damitio In 1987 Spalding Grey, released his indy film/monologue, Swimming to Cambodia. In the monologue, Gray discusses a trip he took to Thailand, his experiences on the trip, and the events that led him there. Of primary significance to the monologue is the historical understanding of the events which occurred in Cambodia and Southeast Asia as a result of the United States involvement in Vietnam. Grey uses his words to paint a picture with the brutality of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge as the canvas. The picture Grey ends up showing us is one of exploitation, mass murder, and oppression. Grey is certainly not the only artist who has drawn parallels between the United States material involvement in Cambodia and the genocide that followed. Nor is he the first to uncover the connection between the excesses of the ‘West’ and the totalitarianism which has wreaked havoc on the ‘East’.