One word: exacerbate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:29:48 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Avatar" Keeps Rolling on Worldwide
And, where was our race headed before 1915? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > That movie changed the course of our race. > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > And President Woodrow Wilson, after seeing a private screening of "Birth of > > a Nation" at the White House, called it the "most important movie ever > > made". No surprise: he presided over a lot of decisions that strengthened > > segregation in a wide swath of American life. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:20:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "Avatar" Keeps Rolling on Worldwide > > > > > > > > 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 <ravena...@...> 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. > >> 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 > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > >> > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo > >> ! > >> Groups Links > >> > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
