The glasseslike device allows Internet access, as well as the shooting of photos and video, raising concerns about privacy and distraction.
Commentators called it a hate crime and asked why the coldblooded killing of a white man had not attracted the same attention as the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
"It seems that he is interested in roles where the preparation takes almost as long as the shooting of the film.
It tells the story of the noble Salina family in the late 19th century, as the shoots of democracy sprout in the parched feudal island.
He explained he felt he had no right to comment on incidents such as the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson: "I don't go to middle American cities.
Harambe's death has spurred an outcry from animal rights activists and raised arguments about the relationship between humans and animals, as the shooting of Cecil the Lion did last year.
This event set the music of the 20th century in motion as surely as the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 13 months later heralded a terrifying new age in warfare, politics and society.
He was particularly shaken by the murders of nine black churchgoers by Dylann Roof, in June, 2015, in his home state of South Carolina, as well as the shooting of five police officers in downtown Dallas, a year later.
If you can attract awards and plaudits with occasional singles, such as The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall, or serials such as The Devil's Whore (truncated though it was), why bother looking for the next No Angels or Teachers?
Some, such as the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube in 2005 and possibly the death last week of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in London, rightly attract great public concern.
