What manner of man is
Ai Wei Wei... someone who can resurrect as lame and
tired a gesture as giving the finger into a
fresh and provocative symbol of both hope and defiance. I have to admit, I
really didn't know shit about
Ai Wei Wei before this movie and he's
probably
definitely the most important artist in the world today if only because
he's inspiring an entire country (and audience worldwide) by
directly challenging a corrupt, authoritarian political system. And art could
have no greater or more noble cause to validate and exclaim its
very existence. What he makes clear is that you cannot separate the two,
you cannot have one without the other, for art is the fullest
expression of individual and collective freedom.
And he risks his life and safety in that very cause...
What manner of man is Ai Wei Wei... someone who can resurrect as lame and
tired a gesture as giving the finger into a
fresh and provocative symbol of both hope and defiance. I have to admit, I
really didn't know shit about Ai Wei Wei before this movie and he's 
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