Amen! I just posted a similar response. People don't need us to spread their
hatred and bigotry. How many people are aware, for example, that the minstrel
show was for over a generation the single most *popular* form of entertainment
in country? And that was white folk in blackface, acting like fools and
buffoons as they supposedly parodied black folk. Didn't need a single black
actor to cooperate--indeed, in the annals of famous white entertainers form
those days are many white men who made their fortune in blackface.
----- Original Message -----
From: "B Smith" <daikaij...@yahoo.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:24:16 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Avatar" Keeps Rolling on Worldwide
So the depiction of blacks as childish, chicken and watermelon eating savages
with an insatiable lust for white women didn't do as much harm as Stephin
Fetchit? Screenings of Birth of Nation directly lead to riots, racial attacks
and murders and was used as a recruitment tool by the KKK. Sorry I respectfully
disagree.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote:
>
> Apples and oranges. Still, a remarkable cinematic achievement. I was blown
> away when I saw it. Griffith practically invented modern cinematic language.
>
> Indicting Griffith for the rise of KKK is like indicting Samuel Colt for
> drive by shootings. Guilty as charged but, still, largely irrelevant.
>
> Me, personally, would be more inclined to indict John M. Stahl ("In Old
> Kentucky"), the first director to employ Stepin Fetchit as "the Laziest Man
> in the World." This image was waaaay more destructive to black people than
> anything in "Birth of a Nation."
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> wrote:
> >
> > Shot by a genius that was personally responsible for the rebirth of the kkk
> > and the racial stereotypes about black men, and mexicans that are still
> > with
> > us today.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Kelwyn <ravenadal@> wrote:
> >
> > > Content aside, "Gone with the Wind" like "Birth of a Nation" is savvy,
> > > populist entertainment. If you are racially sensitive, avoid both at all
> > > costs as the narratives will suck you in. "Nation" is truly remarkable on
> > > just a technical basis. It is still a gorgeous looking film. D.W.
> > > Griffith
> > > was a cinematic genius.
> > >
> > > ~rave!
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In terms of pure dollars, "Avatar" will soon become the biggest of all
> > > time. (In terms of dollars adjusted for time, sadly, I think "Gone With
> > > the
> > > Wind" is still the champ). The country-by-country breakdown is pretty
> > > interesting. Australia over thirty mill, France, Algeria and Tunisia,
> > > over a
> > > hundred, and ninety mill in Russia? Wow, truly an international hit.Â
> > > Even Turkey with eight million. But what's up with Syria: only
> > > eighty-seven
> > > thousand?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=avatar.htm
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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