actress in Iran gets sentenced to 90 lashes, sounds painful…
Monday, 10. October 2011
It would be really weird to live in Iran; they’re fucking crazy there. But the people who live there already know this, right? It’s not like all of sudden people there realize it’s a terrible place run by terrible people. So, if you’re an actor or actress in Iran, you probably shouldn’t do a movie that shows how awful it is there unless you plan on never going back, from this story:
Actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to a year in jail and 90 lashes for her role in a film about the limits imposed on artists in the Islamic republic, an Iranian opposition website reported Sunday.
Vafamehr was arrested in July after appearing in “My Tehran for Sale,” which came under harsh criticism in conservative circles.
The film, produced in collaboration with Australia, tells the story of a young actress in Tehran whose theatre work is banned by the authorities. She is then forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself artistically.
I’ve been flicked with a towel once, and it really stung. So, I know exactly what this woman is going to have to go through, and trust me those 90 lashes are really going to hurt. And not to defend Iran’s medieval punishment, but she knew what she was getting in to; they made a movie about this exact thing… oh, now I see: this is all a publicity stunt for the movie. Typical Hollywood.
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