In this morning's issue of Scripps Howard News Service, there is a review of the Oscar-nominated documentary Darwin's Nightmare by Hubert Sauper. The setting is Lake Victoria and the protagonist is the Nile perch, which was introduced in the 1960's with deleterious effects to the lake's ecology. The documentary receives three out of four stars. Its message is not uplifting. Nevertheless, it does reinforce the reality that "Third World squalor offsets Western splendor".
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Darwin's Nightmare
In this morning's issue of Scripps Howard News Service, there is a review of the Oscar-nominated documentary Darwin's Nightmare by Hubert Sauper. The setting is Lake Victoria and the protagonist is the Nile perch, which was introduced in the 1960's with deleterious effects to the lake's ecology. The documentary receives three out of four stars. Its message is not uplifting. Nevertheless, it does reinforce the reality that "Third World squalor offsets Western splendor".
