ganja queen
i was bored on saturday night
so my friend tara and i decided to watch a movie. when we came across “ganja queen,” we naturally picked that one. after reading about it, we were even more intrigued.
the movie followed a young woman named schapelle corby, who was going on holiday with her family to bali. her sister’s husband’s family is from there.
well, she was apprehended by customs in indonesia at the airport because 10 pounds of marijuana were found to be in her boogie board bag, and the lock was broken. they accused her of smuggling fromo bali to brisbane. she was detained and the documentary is absolutely heartbreaking and real. i can’t believe how real it was.
i won’t tell you what happened. a wiki search will tell you but if you can on-demand it tonite, i highly suggest it. it was phenomenal. i can’t believe how she was treated.
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Did she put the weed in the bag?
nooooo no no no.
when she got her back back, the lock was broken on it. she hadn’t even been near her bags. like i mean, they were on the plane then at claim.
her story versus and indonesian airport/government’s story is so different and it’s clearly obvious that this was an inside job.
the girl is heaving, crying, fainting, getting sick – there is NO way she is faking.
Haven’t heard of it, but this sounds like one of those movies that I respect from afar: that is, it sounds amazing and moving and is probably some great film-making, but it’s unlikely I’ll ever watch it because it will emotionally fuck me for weeks.
I didn’t like it, but that’s because I didn’t really pay that much attention to it… and I’m wildly xenophobic.
There’s a show like this on A&E or discovery called “Locked Up Abroad.” It’s generally about people being busted for trying to smuggle drugs out of foreign countries, but sometimes they document militant kidnappings/hostage situations. I found it interesting as a motherfucker the few times I caught it, therefore I am intrigued by this film.
Anyone ever seen Brokedown Palace, I think it was called? With Kirstin Dunst? That was fictional and kind of crappy and it still fucked me up.
Sammy said:I didn’t like it, but that’s because I didn’t really pay that much attention to it… and I’m wildly xenophobic.
sammy, i don’t quite get how you could NOT like it. meaning that it wasn’t a documentary a la michael moore. it didn’t take a stand or a side. it was a straight news piece. it made me think i was watching 20/20 or something, but without broadcasters waxing poetic on whatever hot story is that week.
John said:it will emotionally fuck me for weeks.
you’re an emotional guy, hutch. i like that. and yes, it has emotionally fucked me. still. i watched it five days ago!
christina said:
sammy, i don’t quite get how you could NOT like it. meaning that it wasn’t a documentary a la michael moore. it didn’t take a stand or a side. it was a straight news piece.
I don’t know. I don’t have to like things that are the news. I didn’t watch it, but I didn’t believe her, either. How do you not notice your boogie board bag got ten pounds heavier, or, how do you not notice there’s a ten pound bulge of marijuana in your boogie board bag?
I had a boogie board bag once, which was shaped like a boogie board. If someone put ten pounds of anything in it, I think I’d notice.
wait, you DIDN’T watch it? well of course these questions were answered.
she only had her bag with her for a few minutes, not enough enough to carry it to the turnstyle. the pot in the shape of a boogie board. in a huge bag that was right on top. that’s it.
why didnt the father tell the girl to leave the damn boogie board home? “we are going on a plane, not a trip to the jersey shore” is what i would say.