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- Bill Palladino
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- Location: Traverse City, Michigan
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- "A Memento of War"
- Summary: Lessons learned from a grotesque necklace of human teeth.
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Review of A Memento of War
Bill Palladino
Posted on December 09, 2004 at 12:10 PM
A straight on personal essay. Very personal. The mention of human teeth in this context is disturbing each time it is mentioned. It is a sideways political commentary using personal reference points from the writer's own family history. The shock value of the "teeth" serves to distract from the real point of the story, which is to show disgust with the American atrocities in Abu Ghraib prison, and provide a measuring stick for our own ability to inflict torture. A difficult piece to place on the air, and a little rough around the edges.