| Posted by: bigred760 at February 17, 2006, 2:45 pm | | Topic: King Kong!! WOW! (Reviews) Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by wildandhairy Your comments about the intelligence etc. of slaves appear to be, at the very least, ill informed. Or do you think someone who is a slave is automatically stupid? Or someone can only be smart if they have gone to school? I'm not saying they were stupid, just uneducated. Quote: Given your comments, it is hardly a surprise you did not recall and maybe even notice the racist stereotype in High Sierra. It's not that memorable of a film, in my opinion - racially or otherwise. It's no Maltese Falcon or Casablanca. Quote: Sorry. No need to apologize. You have your opinions, and I have mine. You seem to rationalize that every movie that portrays minorities, particularly African Americans, as anything but intelligent people as racially motivated. If that's true, then Roots was a racist movie, American History X was a racist movie[/i], Crash was a racist movie. I don't see them that way; I just don't. I see them as movies that are criticizing an ignorant way of life - they are trying to teach society something. I didn't see McQueen's character as ignorant - I saw her as a character with sass and attitude. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks weren't slaves, they were brave people who stood up for what they believed in and are now considered heroes - and rightly so. They are two of mine. Slaves who stood up for what they believed in were punished, whipped, and/or killed - no questions asked. My "comment" is not apologizing for anything - it's your opinion that the movie "ignores race," it's not fact, just opinion. My opinion is that it is showing a time in our history. A time were African Americans were "owned" by white people; a racist tradition - yes, but the filmmakers were not going into the movie thinking that blacks were lesser people than whites. That's the impression I'm getting from your comments. And I disagree with that. Quote: No offence, my friend, but I think this dialogue needs to conclude. I agree. |
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