Open a Vein
The sort-a daddy drama There Will Be Blood lost out on Oscar best picture kudos — but picked up two others and a bouquets of other recognition. It's story of corruption running through family veins and serves as an interesting metaphor for some recent father-child news.
From the Philippines comes the cry of a son to spare his father, First Man Jose Miguel Arroyo, from punishment for continuing in the country's long tradition of corrupt rulers. In Malaysia, Nurul Izzah Anwar, daughter of the convicted (on corruption charges) former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, is trying to right the political party her father tipped on its side. And former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon's son Omri heads off to the clink, having been convicted for illegally raising funds for his dad.
Life and art. Ties of blood, corruption and (sometimes silent) plaints of "I'm Finished" even when he's not.
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