James Bond in the Time of Bin Laden
No Solace, No Engagement

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
November 17, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/374/james-bond-in-the-time-of-bin-laden-no-solace

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So, I'm guilty, I also stood on line with everyone else and contributed to James Bond's record-setting weekend box office receipts of $70.4 million dollars in hard American currency. Daniel Craig's Bond in Quantam of Solace has just trumped his earlier record in Casino Royale of $40 million dollars for an opening weekend.

It makes sense. We are finally beginning to understand how really serious the economic recession is and we need an escape, a quick-fix distraction from our many justified worries. It will be a long time before most of us will be able to afford a visit to any of the movie's location sites, (Italy, Austria, England, Haiti, Bolivia), but for $10.00 we can sit back and enjoy the stunning foreign sights and luxurious hotel rooms anyway.

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