{"id":42486,"date":"2015-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=42486"},"modified":"2023-08-14T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:06:38","slug":"error-beirut-actually-has-a-lot-in-common-with-mad-max","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/42486\/error-beirut-actually-has-a-lot-in-common-with-mad-max\/","title":{"rendered":"ERROR: Beirut Actually Has a Lot in Common with Mad Max"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why the next installment of the progressive mega-action road warrior saga should be filmed in our hometown.<\/p>\n

Beirut would make an excellent setting for the sequel to George Miller\u2019s road rage post-apocalyptic action classic. The main argument stands that the pPost-Apocalypse has already happened here. Consider:<\/big><\/p>\n

No president for more than a year.<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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[Photos via here<\/a> and here<\/a>].<\/p>\n

No functioning Cabinet.<\/big><\/big><\/b>

[Photo via here<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Burning garbage everywhere.<\/big><\/big><\/b>


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Monstrous erections of miscellaneous architecture (Ecochard\u2019s words) further browned, beaten and bullet-riddled through successive bursts of haphazard violence.<\/big><\/big><\/b>


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Smaller communities essentially turning inwards upon themselves for self-preservation.<\/big><\/big><\/b>
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Gender inequality.<\/big><\/big><\/b>
The gender equal element of the film might do wonders in spotlighting the nation\u2019s gender shortcomings and promoting advancement on this sorely marginalized issue. <\/big>

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Pic10.jpeg tumblr.com (caption: I\u2019ll just take the shrapnel in my mammaries and thanks for nothing, men)<\/p>\n

Highways to hell.<\/big><\/big><\/b>
Lebanon\u2019s wildly serpentine roads, hairpin mountain turns, landslid-valleys, geometrically fractal deviations, highways that fold back on themselves, bridges that spring out of the middle of thoroughfares or lead to nowhere in particular, it\u2019s all practically a film set 50 years in the making.<\/big>




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Colorful extras.<\/big><\/big><\/b>
Ten minutes in Beirut Souks or Mar Mikhael would provide ample diversity of bizarre-looking fashion mutants to populate the fillers of the film. Hipsters…<\/big>
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Goddesses\u2026<\/big><\/big><\/b>

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Neo-Ninjas\u2026<\/big><\/big><\/b>
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Freaks\u2026<\/big><\/big><\/b>


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Not to forget the comparable scenes of Apocalypse\u2026<\/big><\/big><\/b>
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At least twice\u2026<\/big><\/big><\/b>
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And last but not least, road warriors aplenty, and modified vehicles, without which the franchise would not hold water.<\/big><\/big><\/b>
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