New Rambo movie --

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20080125_No_more_Mr__Nice_Guy.html

Some think it's overdone,

but as a writer and someone who has studied Burma as a political scientist and an economist for decades, I think Stallone is only compacting all that has really happened into one character and one film.

I haven't seen the film yet, but even if it were a horrid film, it would still be informative about the Burmese military regime. After all, the things Stallone depicts have really been very well documented, also for decades.

It's not that Stallone is more violent. The whole world is more violent and so is even so called "normal" TV fare. So long as there's a reason for the depiction of violence.

After all, if you don't like it, don't want to hear about Burma or don't believe it, you can watch Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theatre. Don't get me wrong, I like Jane Austen stories. Everything just has a different time, place, style and purpose.

Stallone makes action movies. The genre pits bad guys against good guys. That's all.

So does Harry Potter etc etc -- that is the focus of much of art and literature.

Copyright Kyi May Kaung