{"id":1305,"date":"2012-09-04T04:02:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2012-09-04T04:06:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T04:06:38","slug":"as-fighting-rages-four-political-satirists-find-themselves-swept-up-in-the-debates-that-divide-syrias-revolutionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/2012\/09\/as-fighting-rages-four-political-satirists-find-themselves-swept-up-in-the-debates-that-divide-syrias-revolutionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"As fighting rages, four political satirists find themselves swept up in the debates that divide Syria’s revolutionaries."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Witness:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In November 2011, as armed conflict raged in Syria, a young acting troupe called Masasit Mati<\/strong><\/a> launched a ground-breaking, finger-puppet show: Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator, which mocks the Syrian regime in ways never seen in public before.<\/p>\n

Living in exile, the four actors in Masasit Mati broadcast their show online, attracting a growing audience and positive reviews around the world.<\/p>\n

But Top Goon’s success puts the actors themselves in danger and the widening split in Syria between those who favour a peaceful resolution and those prepared to use armed force mirrors that within the troupe itself.<\/p>\n

Lead writer Arwa is determined to stick to his message of non-violent resistance. The show’s actors, the Malas Brothers, support the Free Syrian Army and are increasingly vocal in their demands for violent revenge upon the regime.<\/p>\n

Jameel, the show’s director, struggles to reconcile these diametrically opposing viewpoints while trying to raise funds to get a second series off the ground.<\/p>\n

A remarkable film that explores the conflicts besetting millions of ordinary Syrians as their country edges into bloody civil war.<\/p>\n

To find out more visit: http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/witness\/2012\/08\/2012820111648774405.html<\/p>\n

Text reposted from Aljazeera.com. Image reposted from Norient.com.<\/em><\/p>\n