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"Well, We Just Gave A Ghost A Nuke. We Should Probably Run."
January 23, 2017 January 22, 2017 / mygeekblasphemy
After the disappointment that was The Hateful Eight, Mekaela and I turned our eyes to lighter fare: the 2016, all-female remake of Ghostbusters.
I was a little ashamed of myself for not seeing this movie in theater, for I had fully intended to do so. Regardless, now that I have seen it . . . yeah, for the most part, I really enjoyed it.
Erin (Kristen Wiig) and Abby (Melissa McCarthy) are former best friends. They're also physicists who end up starting a business together to prove the existence of ghosts, along with wildly eccentric engineer Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) and super history buff and MTA worker Patty (Leslie Jones). Supernatural shenanigans ensue.
1. As I've stated before, probably a few times now, I don't have much nostalgia for the original Ghostbusters–other than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, of course, who will forever remain the demonic monster of my heart. There are aspects of it I really enjoy (Dana, most of Venkman's one-liners, JANINE) and there are aspects that I don't like as much (the whole awkward ghost blowjob thing, Winston's general lack of relevance, the fact that Dana is WAY too good for Venkman), but overall, the original Ghostbusters is just not one of those movies that I feel, like, ridiculously protective of.
But I understand that many people feel differently, and that's fine; if anyone ever tries to remake The Princess Bride or Clue, I will come to the table with some serious side eye. Some level of disappointment, irritation, and scorn are all totally normal. The bullshit that erupted over this remake, however, was not, and anyone who's saying that misogyny played no part in it, that people were only such awful dicks because the original is so beloved . . . sorry, guys, but I think you're kidding yourselves here. Hollywood remakes movies all the time. The internet gets in an uproar about most of them . . . for a few days, at least, and then we generally move on. The outrage doesn't usually lead to dozens of whiny fanboy thinkpieces about how their childhood has been ruined, nor does it usually become so disturbingly vitriolic that people began flooding the movie's main cast with a barrage of sexist and/or racist tweets.
No one is obligated to like this movie; if it's not your thing, then it's not your thing, and you don't owe anyone an apology for that. But if you honestly think that the collective tantrum over the Ghostbusters reboot was totally normal, acceptable, or even just to be expected, go take a look at this list of 10 Recent Movie Remakes That You Already Forgot Existed, and then go reread the shit that was said and done to Leslie Jones alone, and see if you still really think that Ghostbusters didn't get singled out because of racism, misogyny, or honestly, both.
2. With that done, let's proceed to the actual movie, shall we?
I really like Ghostbusters, but I don't think it's a flawless movie; in fact, it actually gets off to something of a rocky start for me. (Well, I adore the prologue because I'm all about Garrett the Tour Guide, but we'll come back to that later.) One of the places I think Ghostbusters falls down is the friendship between Erin and Abby.
It kills me to say that because I wanted it to work. Other than just being all about girl friendship stories, Erin and Abby's relationship really should anchor this whole movie . . . but for some reason, it never quite works for me. Part of that, I think, is that I just don't care enough about either Erin or Abby, not like I care about Patty and Holtzmann, anyway.
But it's also a writing thing. It's not that I don't get Erin's basic arc, but as a character she sort of feels all over the place to me, like I don't have a great handle on her at all. I feel like she just does whatever the story needs her to do at the time. Meanwhile, I actually do like Abby quite a bit as the film goes on, but initially, I found her a little more annoying than funny, and I'm not exactly sure why. At first, Melissa McCarthy seems to be going for Wacky and Weird–as opposed to Erin's straight-laced style, appropriately–but I never quite buy it, either because it feels forced to me, or because Holtzmann already seems to have that covered. (Side not: I'm actually a lot more interested in Abby and Holtzmann's relationship than I am in Abby and Erin's. I should search for their fanfiction at some point.)
As the film continues, I enjoy Abby more and more . . . but her dynamic with Erin just does so little for me. I find it, in the words of K-2SO, vague and unconvincing. And I really wish I liked it better, too, because I'm pretty sure if I did, the whole movie would go up a whole letter grade.
3. All that being said, there are plenty of other things to enjoy about this movie. For instance:
OMG, Holtzmann is the BEST. I'm a little late to the Kate McKinnon train because I mostly just watch SNL skits during election years, but between her Hillary Clinton and her Jillian Holtzmann, I'm just absolutely in love with her. She is 100% committed to the role, so perfectly, fantastically weird. I think I especially like her because it seems like women rarely get the opportunity to play the oddball, and when they do, they're often a specific kind of particularly unflattering oddball, where the primary joke is that they're scary, unattractive, or both. (See for instance, Sara Rue in Can't Hardly Wait, with the caveat that Sara Rue is not at all an unattractive woman.) Anyway, Jillian feels like a different kind of character than I'm used to seeing ladies play, and I like it, especially since she's just so, so good at being weird.
Meanwhile, I also think Leslie Jones is perfect as Patty. I'd been a bit worried that I wouldn't like her because a) her character had seemed a bit grating in the trailers, and b) I really didn't want to critique her performance after all the disgusting bullshit she already had (and surely still has) to deal with. Luckily, I didn't have that problem because I thought she was awesome. The first scene we meet her is just, like, perfect.
I know there was some controversy about Patty not being a scientist, and I'll admit I'd been initially disappointed too, mostly because one of my biggest problems with the original movie is that Ernie Hudson is totally underused and, as the everyman, generally feels inconsequential to the main plot. But Patty not only remains plot relevant, she actively contributes to the group, and not just in that overdone "Scientists Need An Everyman" sort of way, but because she's a giant history buff–and history, as you might imagine, is important when you're dealing with ghosts. In no way did Patty ever seem less intelligent or useful to me simply because her expertise was historical and not scientific.
4. I do have, however, slightly mixed emotions on Kevin.
At first blush, I thought Kevin was hilarious, not to mention it was so, so nice to hear Chris Hemsworth use his actual accent for once.
Then he . . . wasn't working quite as well for me.
Then, suddenly, Kevin became THE BEST, like the turn in his storyline made all of my annoyance with him before absolutely worth it.
. . . but by the end, I was a bit disappointed once again . . .
. . . until the very, very end, when he was hilarious once more.
Obviously, I will detail this much more extensively in the Spoiler Section.
5. Here's my silly hangup: I can't seem to get past the fact that none of these ladies have actual jobs.
Well. Patty does, maybe? I kind of assumed she'd quit the MTA at a certain point during the movie, but I'm actually not sure. The other ladies, though, are definitely unemployed, and while I know they sort of address it by throwing a lampshade with a rent joke . . . I just couldn't stop thinking to myself, "Wait, how are you paying for anything? Who's buying food? What about gas? How are you living in NYC with no source of income?"
I'm thinking I'm going to have to create a new tag for this. I'll probably end up calling it Rory's Free Ticket to Europe, which of course has nothing to do with this movie and will mean zip to people who haven't watched (or at least read about) Gilmore Girls.
6. I'd love to judge this movie on its own merits and stop talking about it in relation to the original, but between the multiple nods this film has to the first movie and the whole BS controversy that we are already discussed, I just can't seem to stop. So I think it might be worth briefly discussing the tone of both films.
The Ghostbusters remake is, for better or worse, a pretty Family Friendly Movie. It's actually rated PG-13, but instinctually, I feel like the greater majority of parents would be just fine letting their kid see this film. (Obviously, exceptions apply.) Now, that makes sense because the original Ghostbusters was also something you could watch with the family . . . but standards have considerably changed since the 1980's, and while there's definitely some goofy stuff in there (Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, etc.), I'd argue that the tone of the original film is much more adult than its remake, considering a few moments of considerably racier humor and I'm pretty sure more swearing, too. And yet at the time, Ghostbusters only received a PG rating.
As an adult without children of my own, I did find that I was occasionally missing the more adult tone of the original film. In the remake, the colors are brighter, the comedy is a bit broader, the ghosts are even more cartoonish, etc. I want to be clear here: by no means did I want some dark, gritty Ghostbusters reboot or anything. But sometimes kids movies today feel artificial and occasionally even a bit cloying to me, and I do find myself wanting more family friendly movies that aren't, you know, Family Friendly movies.
That all being said, it's also important to note that as a little girl? I'm pretty sure I would have loved this movie. And that's a big deal to me: I didn't get movies like this when I was growing up. Girls were rarely the scientists or the adventurers. If they were, then there was probably only one girl on the team (two max), they likely got captured, and they were almost certainly the love interest. Girls seldom got to do neat stuff like mad science or ghost hunting, and even today I'm very hard pressed to think of action, fantasy, and/or sci-fi movies centered around an all female team. Like, seriously, Sucker Punch is the closest I'm coming up with right now. (Ooh, wait, Charlie's Angels. Okay, that's . . . one.) I've got some anime shows, namely Sailor Moon and RWBY, but otherwise . . . I'm blanking pretty hard. And that's some bullshit. That alone is justification for this goddamn reboot's existence.
If this Ghostbusters had come out in the early to mid 90's when I was a kid? Yeah, I'd have loved it then; shit, I might have actually been more interested in science. Moreover, I'm pretty sure I'd have crazy nostalgia for the film now, the way nerds who grew up in the 80's have nostalgia for the original. Now, not every little girl is gonna like this movie, but they sure as shit deserve to have the possibility of seeing it.
Like I said before, none of this means that you have to like a movie you just don't like. But it'd be nice if people could realize that movies, especially popcorn movies, can be important on a larger scale whether or not those movies are important to them personally.
7. Finally, some random notes:
A. Looking back, I think my total disinterest in Erin might spring from a couple of different things. One, she steps in some weird green stuff and then just goes and touches it with her bare hands. People, I do not care if Erin does or does not believe in ghosts yet. This woman lives in New York City. Who the fuck touches neon green slimy shit on the floor with their hands? Add this to her opining that the clearly malevolent lady ghost "seems peaceful," and I'm convinced Erin has the survival skills God gave a lemming.
More than that, Erin's fawning over Kevin the Receptionist led me to literally write "PAIN, PAIN" in my notebook. It is so cringe-inducing, and easily my least favorite ongoing bit in the whole movie.
B. Ghostbusters actually has a surprising amount of nominees for Favorite Scene Stealer. Right now it's between Garrett the Tour Guide, Andy Garcia the Mayor, and a random graffiti artist. (His blank-faced defiance is just the best.)
C. All the ladies get these awesome and individualized ghost-dispersing weapons. Abby's is motion activated: you just punch with it.
I officially want this gun. It is the best.
D. Whenever ghosts or magic are involved, I should just assume someone's gonna drop the L-word. No, not love. Ley lines. There's always gotta be ley lines. (Okay, fine, that's technically two words, but fuck it, they both start with 'L,' right?)
E. One of the best things I think Ghostbusters has going for it is the nature of its villain. I want to talk about that, but I should probably wait until the Spoiler Section.
F. Finally, when I reviewed the original Ghostbusters, I called it insanely quotable. But good God, the remake is pretty damn quotable too. I may find the setup a bit awkward and Erin's crush on Kevin painful, but once I really got into the story, Ghostbusters made me laugh out loud a lot, and though I obviously can't confirm this yet, I get the impression that this is one of those movies I'll like more and more each time I watch it.
I'm not going to go over every scene in this movie, but I would like to jump back to the beginning so we can discuss Garrett, The Tour Guy.
I am stupidly happy that this man lives.
Garrett is a bit player in this story, but he easily won over my heart with his tour guide speech, which is delivered with such a perfect deadpan that you know the sarcasm is just sailing straight over the guests' heads. Garrett seems destined to be the First to Die, which saddened me because I thought he was hilarious, and also, because he at least put up a halfway decent effort to escape. He even acknowledged that he was an idiot by letting himself be led straight down into the basement.
So imagine my surprise when Garrett actually survives! Of course, Garrett probably lives because, as mentioned before, this movie has a pretty family friendly tone. But that didn't bother me in the slightest here.
I'll admit it does kind of bug me when it comes to Bill Murray.
One of the neat things about this remake is that nearly every main player from the original cast briefly appears. (Harold Ramis, of course, died two years ago, and Rick Moranis hasn't been in a live-action film since the 1990's. Also missing: William Atherton.) Some cameos are more effective than others (Dan Ackroyd's, for instance, didn't do much for me), but I thought it was great that Bill Murray was playing the jerk skeptic, and I loved that a ghost threw his ass out the window.
The question is . . . what happened to him from there?
Based on the Ghostbusters' reaction faces and, well, just basic physics, I'd say that Bill Murray is dead as hell, something that I thought was pretty hysterical. But we never actually get confirmation of that, not even PG confirmation, like a body bag being carted away. And I know it's a small thing, but it did kind of get on my nerves, like, not only do I generally want a firm resolution to characters being Dead or Not Dead, the joke just seems much funnier if you cut to something like a body bag or a hand.
(Related: though she doesn't fall to her possible death like Bill Murray does, Holtzman is also pushed straight through a glass window–the same window, I'm pretty sure–and, in the nature of Hollywood, doesn't have so much as a scratch on her afterwards. She does, however, have the best reaction to Possessed Abby's exorcist trick, so I guess I'll let it slide.)
Not every cameo or minor role belongs to someone from the original cast. Charles Dance plays Erin's boss (and, very quickly, her ex-boss). Ed Begley Jr. is the guy who requests Erin's help with ghosts in the first place. Michael K. Williams plays a Homeland Security Agent. (Unfortunately, he's not given nearly enough to do.) Even Ozzy Osbourne shows up briefly cause, like, why the hell not.
Andy Garcia, though, might be my favorite.
Partially because he–like many of the male roles–is somewhat incompetent, but mostly because of this exchange:
Erin: "You're the only one who can do something. Please, please don't be like the mayor in Jaws."
Mayor (angrily laughing): "Never compare me to the Jaws mayor. NEVER!"
The outrage behind that line . . . I laughed SO hard.
Speaking of exchanges, here's another favorite of mine:
Abby: "Look, I think it's great that you found yourself a little hobby, and I'm sure on paper flooding New York City with ghosts seemed like a great idea, but we happen to like the world the way it is."
Rowan: "Then you must have been afforded the basic dignity and respect of a human being, which I have been denied."
Abby: "Not really. People dump on us pretty much all the time."
Rowan is this movie's villain, and the reason I love that isn't because his character is so three-dimensional or charismatic or has some dwelled upon backstory. It's because he's exactly who this movie's villain should have been: a white nerdy dude who's decided to screw over the entire planet because he's convinced he's had it worse than everyone else when he pretty clearly hasn't. His sexism is casual and realistic, and he's exactly the kind of guy I see being so pathetically upset about his favorite movie being remade in the Age of Remaking Movies that he equates writing hateful, sexist screeds or racist texts with some kind of appropriate justice.
I also love, LOVE, that he possesses Kevin.
Kevin is hopelessly dumb, and I like that: I like that he's the useless eye candy role that generally goes to women. Unfortunately, Erin's thing for him bugged me, and seriously, if your receptionist can't figure out how to pick up a phone, for fuck's sake, it doesn't matter how good he looks. You fire his ass. It's not that I don't get the joke; it's that I don't care. I was delighted to see his ridiculously bad logo designs and his philosophical notions about aquariums and submarines, but mostly I just wanted him to go away–
—until he gets possessed because then he's hilarious. I love all the jokes at his expense, the whole Clark Kent Strip-O-Gram line, the "who's the flying beefcake" quote, etc. Plus, Chris Hemsworth looks like he's just having a blast with the part. It entirely made up for the painful awkwardness that came before–
–right up till the point where he's exorcised, immediately proves to be just as incompetent and inconsiderate as before, and the team still doesn't fire his ass. I mean, come ON. I get that we were supposed to be setting up a franchise here and all, but no. The Kevin joke feels played out, and seriously, HE IS THE WORST. Sure, that doesn't mean you let the evil ghost keep possessing him, but it also doesn't mean you have to hire him back, I mean, Jesus.
(I'm aware I'm taking this more seriously than I'm supposed to. Consider it a matter of professional assistant/secretarial pride.)
Let's see, what else . . . oh, I entirely skipped over the Creepy Balloon Parade and The Big Climactic Fight.
A. I'm ALL about "the creepy ass Macy's parade." Like, the design of these parade floats? I'm there. I would absolutely go to such an actual parade.
B. I love that we get to see each of the ladies helping one another in The Big Fight. That's awesome. It's so, so nice to see women helping other women instead of men helping the 1-2 women on the team.
C. Though all the ladies are awesome, Holtzmann and her toys are absolutely taking Best Boo-Yah Moment in this movie.
Holtzmann, you are my hero.
D. One of my initial disappointments in the third act is the clear setup for a gigantic dance number that, at first, doesn't seem to come to fruition.
I love that even in this picture you can tell that Michael K. Williams has serious moves.
I was totally confused and bummed about that, at least until we got to the end credits, which, people, are just a thing of glory. I love all the little scenes–especially my favorite cameo, Sigourney Weaver–but the big dance scene is just the best. Chris Hemsworth white boy dances so enthusiastically that I think a tiny piece of my heart is lost to him forever.
E. Of course, before we get to these awesome end credits, our good guys have to defeat the bad guy, which they do. Obviously. I can't remember all the details now but Abby ends up in a whole portal/vortex thing, and Erin dives in to save her. Why it's suddenly daytime when they come out after Holtzmann says they were only in there for two seconds remains unknown to me, but, you know, movies. I seriously doubt that there's going to be a sequel, unfortunately, but if one ever did get made, I think Melissa McCarthy should go back to the white wig for Abby, because I think she can surprisingly rock the white hair. It could be all punk like.
This is also the moment when the Ghostbusters all throw their hands in with Kevin, as if his getting a sandwich while they were out risking their lives was somehow a charming quality, like, "Oh, Kevin, never change." (No, Kevin, change, change. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT MOMENT TO FIRE YOU. I MISS JANINE SO BADLY.)
And, well. I guess that's about it.
Garrett: "It is said that in this very room, P.T. Barnum first had the idea to enslave elephants."
Erin: "Yes, hi, we're looking for Ed Mulgrave. I wanted to introduce these people to him. He came to see me this morning."
Garrett: "Ed Mulgrave?"
Erin: "Yes."
Garrett: "But Ed–Ed Mulgrave died 15 years ago."
Abby: "Yes! That's awesome! Dead for 15 years! Ed's a ghost! Ha, knew it!"
Erin: "I just saw him today–oh–so, so who is this?"
Garrett: "That's Ed's son, Ed Jr."
Erin: "Okay. That's obviously who I meant."
(Abby picking litter confetti out of her bra.)
Abby: "It's like Mardi Gras in there."
Erin: "It feels like the slime is after me personally, that's all I'm saying."
Holtzmann: "Erin, you've had a hard day. Step right up, pick a gun, any gun."
Patty: "Okay, yeah. Room full of nightmares. Not going in there."
Patty: "You know what, I should have gave you some coveralls; man, it's so unsanitary down here."
Abby: "You don't–you don't usually think about the amount of urine smell."
Patty: "That's pretty much how it's gonna be. That's not gonna freshen up at all."
Patty: "That's where I saw that weird sparking thing."
Holtzmann: "What was it?"
Patty: "Baby, if I knew what it was, I wouldn't have called it 'that weird sparking thing'."
Dean: "Are you saying that I'm not qualified?"
Abby: "You spell science with a 'y'. And what's upsetting about that is I don't think you know that's wrong."
Holtzmann: "This is just a little bit of grounding so you don't die immediately."
(Patty turns around and sees Rowan suddenly standing in front of her booth)
Patty: "Whoa. Hey! How you doing, man?"
Rowan: "They will always ignore you. They are walking sewage concerned only with their own trivial matters."
Patty: "Okay. Um–"
Patty: "You have a good day with your crazy ass."
Jennifer: "She think that's a sliding door. She thinks they're all doors. That's sad. She's a scientist."
Garrett: "Sir Aldridge once wrote in his diary 'I know God makes no mistakes, but I believe he may have been drunk when he built Gertrude's personality'."
Garrett: "Okay, follow me. Maybe steer clear of the door."
Rowan: "What form would you prefer I take?"
Holtzmann: "Maybe something stationary. Like a bullseye."
Holtzmann: "Safety lights are for dudes."
Dr. Rebecca Gorin (nodding): "Safety lights are for dudes."
Erin: "I'm sorry, who are you?"
Holtzmann: "Holtzmann."
Erin: "Erin."
Holtzmann: "I've heard terrible things about you."
Mayor Bradley: "NEVER compare me to the mayor in Jaws! NEVER!"
Kevin: "Oh, no, that's for you. I just thought the floating hot dog implies that a ghost is holding it."
Abby: "Your work is more cerebral than I expected."
Cop: "Whoa, nobody called for a Clark Kent strip-o-gram."
Possessed Kevin: "Clark Kent? Oh, because of the glasses and the handsomeness."
Kevin: "You know, an aquarium is a submarine for fish."
Garrett: "At the time of its construction, it was one of the most elegant homes in existence, featuring every luxury, including a face bidet and an anti-Irish security fence."
Abby: "I am just looking for a reasonable ratio of wontons to broth. This is absolute madness."
Abby: "We have over a hundred comments already. And they're not all crazies. Come here, I wanna show you this. Read that."
Erin: "Ain't no bitches gonna hunt no ghosts."
I don't think I love it quite as much as some of my friends do, but definitely more than my other friends. Which, actually, is pretty par for the course for me. It certainly ended up being a nice feminist counterbalance to The Hateful Eight, though, and it made me laugh a lot. I definitely think it would make a solid comfort movie, and I'm seriously considering stockpiling on those, so. Yeah. Thumbs up.
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MORAL:
Bitches ABSOLUTELY gonna hunt some ghosts.
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3 thoughts on ""Well, We Just Gave A Ghost A Nuke. We Should Probably Run.""
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It's odd how battle lines seem to get drawn over movie successes and failures. Some people seem to treat the financial failure of a film like a personal victory. There were people celebrating on tumblr because the "Stonewall" movie flopped (as if corporate figures weren't taking that as a clear sign that movies about gay rights are a bad investment) and that "The Forest" flopped (because I guess a movie where most of the cast are Japanese deserves to fail just because the lead roles are white?). Okay so those two are probably really bad films, but I'm just sad that they are bad. I don't see how people can feel a sense of victory based on their bad box office takings.
There was a definite vibe around the responses to this new Ghostbusters film that if you didn't want to go and see it, you must be a misogynist. The extent of that made it very hard to ignore. But personally I just felt like this was in the same kind of genre as "The Interview", "Ted", "Zoolander", "Sausage Party", "Bridesmaids" and any number of other 'hilarious' comedies which I will never watch.
A few other points:
– Winston is my favourite Ghostbuster. (Sure, I love Bill Murray, but for me his real high points are "Groundhog Day" and "Quick Change". I don't always find myself going with him here. Though his, "What a wonderful singing voice you must have" line is brilliant.) Heck, Winston has the best lines:
"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!"
"No offence, guys, but I've gotta get my own lawyer."
"If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say."
"That's a big Twinkie."
– In this new film, surely the explanation for why they have any money is because they are working as ghostbusters? Doesn't that give them an income?
– And in regards to that remakes list, I actually reckon the Carrie remake is better than the original in a number of respects. One being that the teacher in the original Carrie is completely unrealistic. (She has her back to the class for ages and yet they are still putting effort into their exercises. They could totally stop doing any exercise at all and the teacher wouldn't know. In the remake Judy Greer genuinely seems like she's controlling that class. And the portrayal of the bully is also fantastic.) That being said, ever noticed how many horror remakes Chloe Grace-Moretz is in? She's even in the remake of "The Amityville Horror"!
http://letterboxd.com/dorseyhorsey/list/classic-horror-films-and-their-trash-remakes/
What bothered me about Erin & Abby's arc is that the whole book debacle had an obvious solution that was never even brought up – take Erin's name off of it. Admittedly, it's possible neither of them could afford to redo it, and if that was Abby's argument, I could've worked with it. But it was never even suggested – instead we just had this ongoing repetition of Stop Selling The Book/I Will Keep Selling The Book, And Also You Abandoned The Book.
I also thought Abby posting the video of Erin online, apparently without her permission, was a dick move, given Erin had JUST been talking about how her association with this shit was threatening her job? Like okay, ghosts are real, Charles Dance is a snooty bastard, and Abby wants Erin to get back into paranormal research. But that doesn't mean Abby has any right to force Erin's hand on the matter, and this is something that was never really addressed.
I agree about Patty & Holtzmann though. They're amazing, and I am totally joining you on the Kate McKinnon love train. Did you know she's a cat person too?
That all makes sense. It's frustrating when a movie presents a problem with a totally fixable solution, only to act like there's no solution to be had. I know there are other examples of that which have bothered me, but my head is stuffy and I cannot think at present.
I did NOT know Kate McKinnon was a cat person, but I am now delighted to have this information.

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Creativity in Focus: The Ascendant Rise of Arab Art
Rizzoli and Misk Art Institute launch The Art Library: Discovering Arab Artists, a series dedicated to influential contemporary Arab art.
In collaboration with Rizzoli Books, the Misk Art Institute, a non-profit institution for the encouragement of the growth of a creative, cultural community, announced the launch of The Art Library: Discovering Arab Artists. This legacy initiative is a continuing publication that is dedicated to the most important and influential modern and contemporary Arab artists, with a focus on Saudi artists.
The aim is to create an accessible resource that will allow readers to look into a compelling spectrum of the trends and codes that enriched the world of current Arab art. These books will be published in Arabic and English, with a focus on documenting and displaying important works, and a look at their history and worldviews.
Abdulrahman Alsoliman's Memory of First Neighbourhood (al-Kut) III | 2014 | Acrylic on canvas | 90 × 90 cm
Private collection (© Faisal Khan)
The first book will showcase the opus of Saudi painter Abdulrahman Alsoliman (1954), a leader in the Saudi art scene, and was president of the Saudi Society for Fine Arts from 2007 to 2012, while the second will be on and Egyptian artist Adam Henein (1229-2020), the founder of the International Sculpture Symposium in Aswan. Both artists will be presented with written pieces from local and international art critics, curators, and writers.
Abdulrahman Alsoliman in front of his painting at Misk Art Institute's Space: A Tale exhibition, Riyadh, 2019
(© Abdulrahman Alsoliman's personal archive images)
For Alsoliman, the book will capture his painterly response, and focus on the fundamental abstract signs and symbols in his work. Featured contributions include Roxane Zand (Founder, ZandFineArts), Farouk Yousif (art critic and poet), and Zain Al Saie (curatorial assistant and education coordinator at Al Riwaq Art Space, Bahrain).
Untitled | al-Harraneya, 2005 | Charcoal on paper | 88.2 × 61.2 cm
Collection of the Adam Henein Museum, al-Harraneya
(© George Fakhry)
Henein's will reveal a close look at aspects of his creations, viewed through a never before seen selection of charcoal works produced over the last two decades. Written pieces by Sacha Craddock (art critic, writer and curator, executive committee member of the International Association of Art Critics), Salah Bisar (art critic and award-winning author) and Nayra Zaghloul (art advisor and researcher) will provide context.
Adam Henein with Umm Kulthum sculpture pre-mould in clay, 2008
(© Adam Henein Foundation)
The next series will be on Lulwah Al Homoud (1967), whose work is on the pendulum between the spiritual and the concise, and on Iraqi painter, printmaker, lecturer, and graphic designer, Rafa Nasiri (1940-2013), whose art was derived from nature and was often mixed with Arabic calligraphy.
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Mona Khazindar, deputy for Cultural Assets and Centers at the Saudi Ministry of Culture, and former director-general of the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris will helm the collection. The first two pieces of the series will be available starting at the end of June 2021.
"The Art Library was born out of an idea to document the work of Saudi and Arab artists, and to enrich local creative content, which forms the core of Misk Art Institute's objectives. We recognize that there is a dearth of publications on regional artists, and part of our focus is to cultivate a culture of awareness, encourage more documentation in art and culture and pay tribute to artists," says Reem Al-Sultan, CEO of Misk Art Institute.
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Do parts of Los Angeles have a higher rate of DUI accidents than others? According to one report studied by WeHoVille.com, yes. West Hollywood in particular seems to have a higher rate of DUI accidents. The report states that at least one happens every week.
The report compared the DUI accident numbers of West Hollywood with other nearby cities, including Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Culver City. There was a significant increase in the number of DUI collisions in West Hollywood compared to these other locations. A DUI collision happens in West Hollywood twice as often as compared to the surrounding cities.
The data used to come to this conclusion comes from the California Highway Patrol. It compares the number of DUI crashes with the amount of vehicle miles traveled in each city. The full report can be found at this link by WeHoByTheNumbers.
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Electronic radio tags could be used to track invasive Asian hornets and stop them colonising the UK and killing honeybees, new research shows.
Scientists from the University of Exeter attached tiny tags to Asian hornets, then used a tracking device to follow them to their nests; the first time this has been achieved.
They tested the technique in southern France and Jersey - where Asian hornets are well established - and the tags led researchers to five previously undiscovered nests.
"Our new method of tracking offers a really important new tool to tackle the spread of this invader, providing an efficient means of finding hornets' nests in urban, rural and wooded environments," said lead researcher Dr Peter Kennedy, of the Environment and Sustainability Institute on the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall.
Asian hornets prey on honeybees and other pollinators, and the scientists say the technique demonstrated in their study could help protect Britain's "beleaguered pollinator populations".
"It is vital to find the nests early in the season to prevent the hornet spreading, as later in the year hundreds of new queens emerge and disperse from each nest, each with the potential to make new nests," said Professor Juliet Osborne, a co-author on the study, and Director of the Environment and Sustainability Institute.
The work was funded as part of Defra's efforts to prepare for future outbreaks of the Asian hornet in the UK.
South West beekeepers also saw the urgency of the work, supporting it with their own funds.
Nicola Spence, Defra Deputy Director for Plant and Bee Health, said: "This work is key for ensuring a rapid response to Asian hornets when sightings are confirmed, and in future bee inspectors will be able to use this technique to take swift action."
"In France, the Asian hornet is unlikely to be eliminated, so efforts are now focussed more on limiting their impact," said Dr Denis Thiéry from INRA Bordeaux-Aquitaine in France, who collaborated on this work.
Mr Willie Peggie, Director of The States of Jersey Department of the Environment, where the technique was also tested, said: "We are pleased to be investigating efficient methods of tracking Asian hornets to their nests, as we're concerned about their impact on our wild insect pollinators, as well as their effect on local honey production."
The researchers used the smallest radio tags available - made by UK firm Biotrack Ltd - and attached them to hornets with sewing thread. Hornets were able to carry them as long as the tag weighed less than 80% of the insect's weight.
Asian hornets are the latest threat to Britain's honeybees, which - like many pollinators - are suffering due to factors including habitat loss, parasites and pesticides.
The British Beekeepers Association are also pleased about the development of a reliable technique for tracking this invasive predator, and stated: "The BBKA are greatly concerned about the possible incursion by the Asian Hornet because of the devastation likely to be caused to honeybees and other pollination insects."
Adult Asian hornets "hawk" at beehives, meaning that they hover outside to grab bees, before dismembering them and taking them back to their nest to feed to larvae.
Asian hornets are smaller than native European hornets, have a largely dark brown or black body and yellow-tipped legs, a distinctive orange-yellow stripe near the end of their abdomen, and often a thin orange-yellow line just behind the "waist". Their face is orange, and the back of the head is black, unlike the European hornet in which both the face and back of the head are yellow.
The paper, published in the journal Communications Biology, is entitled: "Searching for nests of the invasive Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) using radio-telemetry."
The main funder of the research was the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).


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Interment followed at Campbell Creek Cemetery in Sharp under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Anise Marcell Peck; and his eight brothers and nine sisters.
Those left to cherish in his memory include his wife, Molly Kern of Jena; sons, Joe Phillips and wife Pam and Johnnie Phillips and wife Jane, all of Jena; daughter, Cindy Partin and husband Forrest Johnson of Plano, TX; and stepchildren, Robert "Bob" Kern and wife Karen of Jena, Mary Harris and husband Bob of Santa, CA, Katie Moody and husband Peter of Simi Valley, CA, and Margaret Scott and husband Jamie of Lake Providence.
Pallbearers were Darren Partin, Forrest Johnson, Will Nichols, Ira Preuett, Charles Coates, and Robert Kern.
Honorary pallbearers were Ed Benson, Wyndell Wilson, Maximus Lambright, Eli Preuett, KP Wilson, and Ray Nichols.


Born on June 22nd 1940 in Tehran, Kiarostami became interested in the arts at an early age. He won a painting competition at the age of eighteen and left home to study at Tehran University's Faculty of Fine Arts. He worked throughout the 1960s as a commercial designer and illustrator making commercials, designing posters, creating credit titles for films and illustrating children's books.
Bahram Beyzai (Director, Producer, Screen-writer and Editor) was born in Tehran, Iran on 26 December 1938. He was introduced to the world of art when he was still very young. In high school he wrote two historical plays which eventually became his preferred method of writing. He then entered University of Tehran, but did not finish his studies due to lack of interest in the subject he was studying.
It was then that he started researching Iranian theatre and epic literature. At the age of 21 he did an extensive research on the « Book of Kings » (Shahname) and Tazieh which is Iranian traditional plays. He also studied the pre-Islamic history and familiarized himself with Persian painting.
Bahman Farmanara was born on January 23, 1942 in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in Cinema in 1966 and went on to direct and produce numerous successful films.
Amir Naderi was born in Iran in 1945 in the Persian Gulf port of Abadan, a city built around the world's largest oil refinery.
Orphaned at an early age and living the life of a street urchin, Naderi had to survive by selling ice, working as a shoeshine boy and recycling empty beer bottles.
In his early teens, Naderi left Abadan and travelled to Tehran where he managed to obtain work as a still photographer on movie sets – a job that he performed into his early twenties. He loved the cinema and quickly felt that it was where he belonged.
In 1970, Naderi directed his first feature film, 'Khoda Hafez Rafigh' (Goodbye Friend), and a year later completed his second feature, 'Tangna'.
Born in Tehran in 1939 Ebrahim Forouzesh studied film and T.V directing at the college of Dramatic Arts. He started his carrer as a staff of the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in 1970. As the Manager of the cinematographic centre for seven years, he was responsible for the production of over 70 films, shorts, features and animations.
Asghar Farhadi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1972. Whilst at school he became interested in writing, drama and the cinema, took courses at the Iranian Young Cinema Society and started his career as a filmmaker by making super 8mm and 16mm films.
Abdollah Alimorad was born in Tehran on the 22nd November 1947. From that moment on he was always attracted to painting and manual work. After passing his baccalauréat he enrolled at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts, which he unfortunately had to leave through lack of funds. Back in Tehran he enrolled at the Kanoon School of Animation (founded by Nourredin Zarrinkelk). Having received his diploma, he started work at Kanoon where he has various responsibilities on numerous projects. It is at Kanoon that he has produced his body of work.
Born in July 16, 1962 in Tehran, Iran, Shahbazi is a filmmaking graduate of the 'Tehran Cinema College'. During the early 80s he began writing short stories and directing short films. He edited several films and directed 12 shorts before making his first feature film, Traveler from the South, in 1996. Malaria is his latest feature.


As the largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive mental health services in the Triangle; the goal of Lucy Daniels Center is simple. We want to help children who are hurting inside by rerouting their emotional course and setting them on the right path to happy. And we want to do this for every child; no matter how much their family can afford.
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Very Negative (14) - 7% of the 14 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
Mixed (1,291) - 56% of the 1,291 user reviews for this game are positive.
"Now the game has been completely reborn! After entering Early Access, the project faced a number of serious shocks and insurmountable circumstances. We were forced to start the project from scratch. However, together with our amazing community of players who did not leave us even in the worst of times, we were able to overcome everything, and now Project Genom is entering a new level!
The game code was completely rewritten, which made the project more stable and easy to expand. The seamless world has expanded to 100 square kilometers and completely transformed. The character controller and animations were redesigned. We've expanded the variety of armor and weapons. The game has new enemies and bosses, a new interface, new tasks, customization, and also the change of time of day.
"Throughout the project development, we treat our players with care, and Early Access will not change this. We will continue to conduct various surveys and polls, which will help us to decide on some game aspects. We will continue to please the players with different contests, awarding them both game and real prizes. Our list of interesting suggestions from the community will continue to expand on a daily basis, and players will be able to see their own ideas first on our roadmap, and finally, in the game.
It is time for some news about the exact state of the project.
As you know, in recent months the project has not received any major updates, and there are serious reasons for this: after restarting the game in May, many users faced some technical issues (again) that we didn't manage to solve quickly. We searched for many ways to solve them and found one that seemed to fully meet our needs — a technology from Improbable (https://improbable.io/) called SpatialOS.
Recently, poor sales of Project Genom fell to almost zero (and it's obvious why): from August 1 to November 1, we sold 182 copies of the game, about 20% of which was returned under the Steam return program. The current income is less than $500 per month, taking into account the fact that we need to support at least 2 database servers (for two regions) and 3 servers with the game world, each of which costs about $ 100 per month (our hosting ipserver, inquisitive ones can find the price for the USA and Russia locations).
In the past months, we have been searching for additional funds to transfer the game to a new technology. Now we are starting another redesign of Project Genom, with SpatialOS technology.
In the near future, sales of the current version of the game will be temporarily suspended. In December, we will restrict access to the game servers. In this regard, we will think about how to compensate players for this pause with in-game content after the release of a stable version of the game. We apologize for the temporary inconvenience and long wait. We'd like to emphasize that the game is not going to end at this and its development still continues. We will report the news on our progress.
Despite the technical issues, the development of the visual part of Project Genom continues. For example, we've made a lot of unique animations for enemies in the game.
For the moment, the game is in its Alpha stage, so we strongly do not recommend buying it if you expect a full-fledged finished project.
After entering Early Access, Project Genom did not receive any updates due to serious circumstances that complicated its development. For the moment, with the support of our players, we were able to overcome all difficulties and bring the project to a completely new level of quality, while completely reworking it. In the game you will find a hundred square kilometers of the renewed world, 10 instances, a change of the time of day, customization, and also new characters, armor, enemies and NPCs, updated artificial intelligence, redesigned tasks and dialogues, initial character skills upgrades, a new interface, and new graphics.
The project will finally get frequent updates and will expand up to the release, but we want to note once again that the game is still in its Alpha stage, so it lacks many mechanics that will be introduced in the game gradually. The game was completely redesigned, which eliminated all previous bugs, but added new ones. For now, please do not consider the game as a full-fledged project. Before the game officially enters the Beta stage, you will face some bugs, problems with optimization, and wipes. By purchasing the game now you support the development and have the opportunity to see its early stages. Therefore, please make this purchase with conscious.
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How do I access and manage voicemail?
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In the Calls tab, go to Voicemails to see your voicemail list.
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Speaker : Switch between the speakers on your mobile device to choose your voicemail audio source.
Delete : Delete the voicemail.
Mark Unread: Mark the voicemail as unread to return to it later.
Share: Share the content of the voicemail via another app on your device.
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In addition to accessing voicemail through the Virtual Office mobile app, you can dial in from any extension in your phone system to access your voicemails or change your voicemail greeting.
For details on navigating the voicemail menu, you can view the 8x8 Voicemail Quick Reference Guide.
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If you want to clean up your voicemail list in Virtual Office, you can delete voicemails individually or in bulk. Voicemails deleted from the Virtual Office mobile app are also deleted in the Virtual Office desktop app.
Swipe left on the desired voicemail, and tap the Delete icon that pops up. The voicemail is marked to be deleted.
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The Blue Room features a brass bed and a row of large windows overlooking the deck and back yard. The Blue Room also features an in-room bath with an oversized shower.
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Russian-Made S-300s vs. Israeli Stealth F-35s: Who Wins in a Shootout?
Warrior Maven Video Above: Air Force Explores New "Multi-Mode Energetics" Bomb Tech
By Dave Majumdar,The National Interest
Russia has delivered the formidable S-300 air and missile defense system to Syria.
(This first appeared last month.)
However, it will still take several months for Assad regime crews to learn how to operate the sophisticated air defense system under Russian tutelage. In the meantime, the weapons are almost certainly going to be operated by Russian military advisors. The presence of Russian forces means that Tel Aviv might be temporarily constrained against striking at those S-300 missile batteries, if it were so inclined. But in strictly military terms, the presence of those weapons does not necessarily limit Israel's ability to do so. Israel's new fleet of stealthy Lockheed Martin F-35I Adir versions of the Joint Strike Fighter afford Tel Aviv the ability to defeat the S-300 with relative ease.
"The operational abilities of the air force are such that those (S-300) batteries really do not constrain the air force's abilities to act," Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel's regional cooperation minister, told Israel's Army Radio reports the Reuters news agency. "You know that we have stealth fighters, the best planes in the world. These batteries are not even able to detect them."
One of the F-35's primary missions from its very inception has been the suppression (SEAD) and destruction (DEAD) of advanced enemy air defenses such as the S-300. Indeed, the F-35 will only become more formidable in the SEAD/DEAD role as time goes on and the aircraft is upgraded with the full operational capability Block 3F and subsequent Block 4 software and hardware configurations. Tel Aviv declared its F-35s operational in December 2017 and recently signed an agreement in February with Lockheed Martin to incorporate Israeli specific modifications to bring its planned 50-aircraft fleet to a Block 3F+ configuration by December 2021.
Even without the full Block 3F capability immediately available, Tel Aviv's F-35 fleet would offer the Israel Defense Force a potent capability to strike against Syria's newly acquired S-300s, certainly a better capability than offered by any conventional fighter. However, there is little prospect that Israel would attack those batteries while the Russian still more or less have those weapons under their direct control.
According to the Russians, it will take roughly three months for them to train Syrian S-300 air defense crews. "We have finished personnel recruitment and have begun to train them," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday according to the state-owned TASS news agency.
Shoigu also officially confirmed that the Russians have delivered the S-300 to Syria. "In conformity with the presidential decision, we have begun to carry out a number of measures to reinforce Syria's air defense systems in order to ensure better protection for our servicemen," Shoigu said. "We have completed the delivery of S-300 systems. It included 49 pieces of equipment, including radars, control vehicles and four launchers."
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While the Syrian forces are being trained, Russian forces are likely to retain control of the S-300s and operate those weapons under their direct supervision. Such an arrangement should prevent any rash actions by the Syrian regime and also put a brake on any Israeli plans to strike at the missile batteries. However, the Israelis might consider eliminating those S-300 batteries if the Russian do in fact hand them over to Syrian control. That is not a foregone conclusion given that it was Assad's poorly trained and motivated air defense crews who shot down the Russian Il-20M Coot intelligence-gathering aircraft on September 18, sparking the current tensions in the first place.
The presence of additional Russian-made S-300 batteries in Syria complicates matters for both the United States and Israel. Washington decried the Russian move as escalatory. "I'm certainly not going to comment on our intention on how we will address that, but my comments before were true," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on Oct. 3. "Having the Russians deliver the S-300 into Syria presents greater risk to all of those in the affected areas and to stability in the Middle East. We consider this a very serious escalation."
This story was originally published by The National Interest
Dave Majumdar is the former defense editor for The National Interest. You can follow him on Twitter:@davemajumdar.


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Smart grid provider turns to CyanConnode Omni IoT technology to provide flexible, cost effective communications platform
HM Power, a system integrator based in Sweden, provides smart metering and smart grid solutions to virtually all Swedish utilities. The company has an established customer base of approximately 650,000 smart meters and now has approximately 30% of the Ring Main Unit and advanced fault indication equipment market in Sweden. Following a Parliamentary Bill mandating hourly energy metering, [...]
IoT is still in early stages of development, say investors backing Wireless Innovation and Sabio
Lyceum Capital has been in the news lately. On 16 August, www.IoTGlobalNetwork.com reported that the company was an investor in customer contact specialist Sabio, which has amassed a €35 million warchest. CEO, Andy Roberts told the website exclusively what the company would spend it on. One week later, Lyceum was back in the headlines announcing another investment, this time in Wireless [...]
Self-configuring, self-healing mesh networks meet meters' signal propagation demands
As smart meter roll-outs continue across the globe, David Parker, a senior analyst at Beecham Research talks to Geoff Sarney, the senior vice president for global sales and marketing at CyanConnode to understand the challenges and different requirements large-scale smart meter rollouts place on technology providers.
Renesas Electronics unveils integrated software development environment for ADAS and automated driving
Renesas Electronics, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that the Renesas e² studio integrated software development environment now has been expanded with new features to support the R-Car V3M
Continuous innovation is at the core of development for the IoT vision
The summer break is behind us. With a rested mind, we want to reflect on the status of the Internet of Things (IoT). There are many factors affecting the market place. On the technological side, continuous developments excite supply and demand: the return of relevance of connectivity forms with LPWAN and 5G, the evolution and sophistication of platform services, the questions on the [...]
Will 5G deliver on the 2020 vision ?
Britain's 5G will be rolled out in 2020 and it could help generate £55 billion (€61.40 billion) for our economy says the newly re-branded National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Could, mind you. Provided we don't repeat the mistakes of previous generations.
Plexal creates IoT ecosystem in East London with LoRa network support from Stream Technologies
From wearables that track your heart rate to wireless soil sensors that come with an advanced analytics platform for farmers, the Internet of Things (IoT) is reaching every corner of our lives. In fact, research company Gartner predicts that there will be 20.4 billion connected devices in the world by 2020 while the UK government has pledged an investment of £32m in IoT.
Openness and security can go hand-in-hand to support IIoT
As organisations grapple with the complexities of securing industrial internet of things (IIoT) applications across multiple bearers, Robert Jones, vice president of Product and Sales at Netsnapper and Dan Caton, the partner manager at Wireless Logic Group, explain how new approaches can achieve both high security and the openness needed for IIoT to flourish.
Telit has IoT in its DNA so it can support organisations in their digital transformations
Yosi Fait is the interim chief executive of Telit, having previously served as the president and chief financial officer of Telit. He began his career as an accountant with Ernst & Young Israel before serving as chief financial officer of Pelephone, the first cellular operator in Israel. In addition, he has CEO experience at Alony Group and H&O. Here, he tells IoT Now about Telit's [...]
IMS Evolve brings in ex-banker and E.ON exec Weber as CFO to support international expansion
Milton Keynes, UK. October 2, 2017 – IMS Evolve, specialists in Internet of Things (IoT), big data and machine management solutions, has appointed Arne Weber to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). His brief is to strengthen the company's finance department, and support its rapid international expansion and business development.


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Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State
A woman clad in burqa walks in the hallway of the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Usman Marwandi, also known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in Sehwan Sharif, in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, on Sept. 5, 2013. Photo courtesy Reuters/Akhtar Soomro
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, killing at least 72 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest of a wave of bombings across the South Asian nation this week.
A spokesman for medical charity Edhi said the attacker appeared to have targeted the women's wing of the shrine, and around 30 children accompanying their mothers were died in the Thursday (Feb. 16) blast.
Islamic State, the Middle East-based militant group which has a small but increasingly prominent presence in Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack, the group's affiliated news agency AMAQ reported.
Senior police officer Shabbir Sethar told Reuters from a local hospital that the death toll was likely to rise.
"At least 72 are dead and over 150 have been injured," Sethar said by telephone.
Television footage from the famous Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in the town of Sehwan Sharif showed army and paramilitary medical teams reaching the site and injured people being taken to nearby hospitals in ambulances and a military helicopter.
"We were there for the love of our saint, for the worship of Allah," a wailing woman told the Dawn News television channel outside the shrine, her headscarf streaked in blood. "Who would hurt us when we were there for devotion?"
The attack comes as the Pakistani Taliban and rival Islamist militant groups carry out their threats of a new offensive.
The violence has shattered a period of improving security, underscoring how militants still undermine stability in the nuclear-armed country of 190 million people.
The high death toll at the shrine makes it one of the worst attacks in Pakistan in recent years.
In August last year, at least 74 people, mostly lawyers, were killed in a suicide bombing of a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta.
In November, an explosion claimed by Islamic State ripped through a Muslim shrine in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores.
Sindh Sufis
At a crossroads of historic trade routes, religions and cultures, the southern province of Sindh where the shrine is located has always been a poor but religiously tolerant region, helping to shield it from much of the Islamist violence more common in other parts of Pakistan.
The country's powerful military, which has cracked down on insurgent groups in recent years leading to a sharp drop in militant violence, vowed a swift, decisive response.
"Each drop of nation's blood shall be revenged, and revenged immediately. No more restraint for anyone," Army Chief Qamar Bajwa said in a statement.
Shortly after the blast, the army announced it was closing the border with Afghanistan with immediate effect for security reasons. Insurgents operate on either side of the neighbours' long and porous frontier.
Different militant groups, often trying to outdo each other, say they are responsible for the bombings.
In the case of the Quetta hospital blast, both a faction of the Pakistani Taliban – Jamaat-ur-Ahrar – and Islamic State claimed responsibility.
Jamaat also said it was responsible for a bombing in the eastern city of Lahore earlier this week that killed 13 people.
In a separate incident late on Thursday, gunmen on a motorbike killed three policemen and one civilian in the city of Dera Ismail Khan.
'Stand united'
The bomber entered the shrine as crowds massed on Thursday, a statement from the Sindh police spokesman said.
Rescue officials said dozens of wounded people were being ferried in private cars to hospitals. The nearest major hospital was nearly an hour's drive away in Dadu district.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quickly condemned the bombing, decrying the assault on the Sufi religious minority.
He vowed to fight Islamist militants, who target the government, judiciary and anyone who does not adhere to their strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.
"The past few days have been hard, and my heart is with the victims," Sharif said. "But we can't let these events divide us, or scare us. We must stand united in this struggle for the Pakistani identity, and universal humanity."
An ancient mystic branch of Islam, Sufism has been practised in Pakistan for centuries.
Lal Shahbaz Qalander is Pakistan's most revered Sufi shrine, dedicated to a 13th-century "saint" whose spirit is invoked by devotees in ecstatic daily dancing and singing rituals in Sehwan Sharif.
Thursdays are an especially important day for local Sufis, meaning that the shrine was packed at the time of the blast.
Most of Pakistan's myriad radical Sunni militant groups – including the Pakistani Taliban's various factions and Islamic State loyalists – despise Sufis, Shi'ite Muslims and other religious minorities as heretics.
(Additional reporting by Mehreen Zahra-Malik in Islamabad, Haji Mujtaba in Miran Shah and Saud Mehsud in Dera Ismail Khan)
TagsIslamic State Islamist violence Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine Sindh Sufism suicide bomber terrorism
gang_zhou_esq says:
It appears that the "Islamic State, the Middle East-based militant group", as characterized here by RNS, a website I highly recommend for genuine stories on religious persecution worldwide, is here to stay, not only in Middle East countries such as Syria and Iraq, but now in another Islamic country faraway from the Middle East – Pakistan. The world community, particularly the so-called western democracies, must now seriously ponder why ISIS, and, for that matter, Taliban, or Al-Qaeda, have such an enormous appeal to Muslims worldwide. Condemning these groups as "extremist", or by whatever other labels preferred by the West, simply presents no viable solution to the ongoing religious conflicts that now exist both between Muslims and non-Muslims on the one hand, and between and among different sects of that faith on the other. Vowing to "destroy" these groups physically by means including sending drones to complete assassinations of their leaders does not appear to help much either, for the simple reason that the Muslim population will soon catch up with, and surpass, the Christian population as the largest religious group worldwide. Let's hope that the world will come up with some sensible approaches before it gets drowned in these religious crusades.
Raja M. Ali Saleem says:
"The world community, particularly the so-called western democracies, must now seriously ponder why ISIS, and, for that matter, Taliban, or Al-Qaeda, have such an enormous appeal to Muslims worldwide." And may I ask how did you reach the conclusion that these groups have "enormous appeal?" Do you have some poll numbers? If yes, please share them with us? Except a small minority, most of the victims of these militant groups are Muslims as was the case in this blast. Not one of the seventy plus victims was a non-Muslim and I do not think any of the victims of the Baghdad blast would be non-Muslim. One of the reasons why these militant groups use violence is that they know they are unpopular and will never be able to come to power through democratic means. Even moderate religious parties in Pakistan have been able to win only around ten percent of the popular vote and their share has been declining in the recent two national elections. In many other Muslim countries, the situation is similar. In Bangladesh and Indonesia too, extremists are nowhere to be seen and moderate are also losing popularity. Yes, there are some pockets of population where the militant groups are popular but saying that these groups are popular worldwide is a gross misstatement.
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