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Entertainment Congresswoman Waters on GOP
The Manic, Feminine
Mystique of Suspiria
By Ryan Rojas for www.cinemacy.com
A remake of the 1977 technicolor art house
horror flick Suspiria follows an all-female
dance academy where mysterious things are
thought to occur inside the compound’s walls.
There’s certainly danger in the politicallycharged
1980s in East Berlin where this
movie takes place, with the compound itself
sitting just on the other side of the oppressive
Berlin Wall. The dance academy has been
around for decades and is run by Madame
Blanc (Tilda Swinton) and her legion of
ladies. The women not only maintain order
in violent and unstable times, but also run
one of the most prestigious dance academies
in the world. It’s where American transplant
Susie (Dakota Johnson) arrives from her small
town in Ohio – coincidentally, as several lead
girls crumble under the academy’s pressure
(imagined or real?) – and impresses them
all by dancing the lead solo on her first
day of auditions, which results in everyone
questioning who she is.
As Susie rises higher and higher, fellow
dancer Sara (Mia Goth) grows highly
suspicious of the oddities that seem
to occur during the former’s lead performances.
Luca Guadagnino, who last year directed
Timotheé Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name,
makes this movie an art house exercise that
operates with more mystery than on pure
horror. He builds an atmosphere of unease
into the academy’s walls, not unlike the
eeriness of The Shining. Because of this, at
best Suspiria will be polarizing and at worst
underwhelming.
What separates this remake from the
1977 version directed by Dario Argento is
Guadagnino’s filming of the dance at the
center of the movie. Guadagnino is certainly
one for understanding how senses play to
the audience. Here, he fully orchestrates
evil with a primal and animalistic expression
compared to the ballet scene of the original
film, where powerful thrusts and quick
choreographed moves are set to the ebb and
flow of inhalations and exhalations, building
to a symphony of senses and an orchestration
of evil. But it’s the time in between these
moments– a politically uninteresting side story
and a barely motivated Dr. Josef Klemperer
(look closer at “his” makeup and re-look at
Tilda Swinton’s credits in the film) -- that
had me wishing Suspiria would’ve left me
even more breathless.
Suspiria is an overall fascination for the
senses with its details and artful moments,
but it lacks some of the core ingredients
that make horror movies fun. It’s undeniably
expertly crafted, and when it goes off the
rails in the film’s head-spinning (or headexploding)
Plan to Cut Social Security,
Medicare & Medicaid
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine
Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on GOP efforts
to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
due to the exploding federal deficit that
was created by Donald Trump’s tax scam law:
“Like so many Americans across this country,
I was utterly appalled to learn that Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is once again
proposing devastating cuts to Social Security,
Medicare and Medicaid. It is a testament to
their moral depravity and endless greed that
the Republicans and Donald Trump would once
again attempt to break the social safety net
to pay for their GOP Tax Scam law. Through
their actions and words, the Republicans and
Trump have made it abundantly clear that they
are willing to break the backs of working families
and America’s seniors to serve and enrich
powerful corporations and Wall Street banks.
“Social Security is a bedrock of American
society. Signed into law by President Franklin
D. Roosevelt in 1935, the Social Security Act
has provided economic stability and retirement
security to millions of hard working Americans.
Prior to the passage of this landmark law, many
American seniors were forced to live in abject
poverty, and many slept on the streets. Social
Security is financed by the payroll taxes seniors
paid during their working years, and it provides
financial security to more than 50 million seniors
and disabled workers. Social Security keeps a
roof over their heads and food on their tables.
“Like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
are landmark programs that changed millions
of lives since they were created by legislation
signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson
in 1965. Today, Medicare serves more than 55
million seniors and disabled workers, ensuring
that they can see a doctor and pay for prescription
drugs and costly medical procedures. Medicaid
serves more than 70 million Americans, including
more than 5 million low-income seniors, 10
million people with disabilities, and 28 million
children. Medicare and Medicaid save lives,
help people live longer, and provide the peace
of mind that comes with affordable health care
that is there when you need it.
“Republicans have tried cutting Social
Security, Medicare and Medicaid before, and
the American people have always stood up to
oppose them. In 2005, President George W.
Bush proposed to privatize Social Security and
allow Social Security funds to be invested in
the stock market. If this plan had succeeded,
seniors would have lost millions in the stock
market crash a few years later. One would
think by now that Republicans would have
learned that the American people will not
tolerate cuts to these essential programs. Yet
most Republicans still care more about their
wealthy friends and campaign donors than the
middle class families that depend upon the
benefits they have earned.
“Last year, Donald Trump and Congressional
Republicans slashed taxes for the wealthiest
one percent and large corporations knowing
full well that doing so would explode the
federal deficit, cause millions of Americans
to lose their health insurance, and jeopardize
the economic well-being of hard working
Americans. After the tax scam became the
law of the land, Trump and his allies paraded
around the country peddling false promises of
more jobs that have not been created, raises
that have not materialized, and tax cuts for
working families that are modest at best and
were temporary from the onset of this scheme.
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
even had the audacity to predict that the tax
cuts did not need to be paid for because they
would pay for themselves. However, ten months
later, the federal deficit has skyrocketed 17
percent to an astonishing $779 billion – due in
large part to the GOP tax scam – and Majority
Leader McConnell has stated that the rising
federal debt is ‘very disturbing,’ but is ‘driven
by the three biggest entitlement programs that
are very popular: Medicare, Social Security and
Medicaid,’ implying a need for sharp budget
cuts to these vital programs.
“This is a shameful and unconscionable
proposition from one of the so-called leaders
of a Republican-controlled Congress that has
repeatedly sold out working families to do the
bidding of Donald Trump.
“I am outraged by McConnell’s announcement,
and I intend to fight with every breath I
have to protect seniors, veterans, children, and
working families across our country. When the
President of the United States, Mitch McConnell,
and their Republican allies decide to risk the lives,
health, and well-being of millions of hard
working Americans and their families in order
to subsidize the extravagant lifestyles of millionaires,
billionaires, and powerful corporations
with a tax scam, they must be held accountable.” •
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ending, it’s quite simply one of
the most bizarre moments in movies this
year. But even with that, Suspiria is not as
shocking as it could be, making me think
these ladies may not be entirely satisfied.
152 min. Suspiria is rated R for disturbing
content involving ritualistic violence, bloody
images, and graphic nudity, and for some
language including sexual references. Now
playing in theaters. •
Film Review
Ryan Rojas.
Suspiria, Courtesy of Amazon Studios.
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