The dark underside of the United States has taken center stage in several films at Cannes this year, capped on Monday with a scathing attack of past and present racism in America by Danish director Lars von Trier.
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There are a number of other films that examine dark and depressing aspects of the United States and "American Dream" losers, filled with violence, drugs and alcohol abuse. They were made by directors from the United States, Canada and Europe.
and the rest of the article just goes on to talk about the movies playing. So, my point is that on the Drudge Report, Matt Drudge's headline is "American way of life attacked in films in Cannes". So... the "American way of life" is racism, violence, drugs, and alcohol abuse? It makes me vomit that if anyone portrays the US in a bad light they're "attacking the American way of life". No wonder most of the world has a grudge against the US.
