Box Office Mojo says 60% of Machete's audience was Hispanic. I don't believe I have ever heard of that particular demographic breakdown before. I also wonder how they came to that determination.
~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > http://www.infowars.com/machete-producers-lied-about-racial-violence/ > > `Machete' producers lied about racist bloodbath > > Machete `race war' confirmed as tax rebates still in question for anti-Texas, > pro-immigration film > Aaron Dykes & Alex Jones > Prison Planet.com > Sunday, September 5, 2010 > `Machete' reached the #3 spot at the box office opening weekend. But after > viewing the film, it is clear that its producers lied about the extent of the > film's racial message, which includes vulgar atrocities, including the > killing of a pregnant woman attempting to cross the border during one of the > opening scenes. This deception about the film's message could bring its tax > incentives, worth millions in production costs, into question. > When Alex Jones expressed concern in May that a leaked script portrayed white > characters as vehemently racist and wantonly murderous, or that a Latino mob > is roused to take on border vigilantes in racial conflict, director Rodriguez > assured Ain't It Cool News, that he'd `had too much tequila,' and that those > types of scenes wouldn't make it to the final edited version. Producer > Elizabeth Avellan went on the attack just before the release, defending the > tax incentives `Machete' had practically already been assured. Avellan > denounced the `uproar over the film' as "unfounded and unnecessary," stating > there was `no reason for a denial of incentives': > "A lot of people made up a lot of stuff in terms of what the movie is about > and who the bad guy is," she said. "There were a lot of things that people > misconstrued without even knowing the script and pretending they have a > script." > Now there is no doubt. Everything Jones quoted from the script was on screen > in one form or another and its tone was clear: opposition to illegal > immigration is tantamount to murder, white racism and vile Machiavellian > scheming. One scene that was excised from the script repeated the one-sided > demonization of the Freedom Force vigilantes, who were to murder a young > child on the border at the end. However, that ending was left behind for a > different sequence altogether. > Reviewers like `Big Hollywood' panned the film as `Dull, Convoluted, Racist > and Anti-American,' criticizing that: "'Machete' offers no middle ground, no > reasonable, non-racist position against wide open borders for those fleeing > from what one character describes as the "personal hell" that is Mexico." > Who the illegals fight against on screen is one thing. What their words mean > is altogether something else. That's the shell game Rodriguez plays and his > racially divisive messaging goes way beyond the normal cinematic political > posturing and button-pushing. And you will never see a more stereotypically > racist portrayal of Southerners, who, in an obvious reference to the border > Minute Men, are not only played for cheap laughs but portrayed as sub-human > animals who hunt and murder illegals kill a helpless pregnant woman and say > "Welcome to America." > Rodriguez & crew played everyone as fools, knowing full well what the film > would contain. Does Texas want to subsidize the films of Robert Rodriguez and > continue to give him a platform to spew divisive racially-tinted trash > oriented at Hispanics and attempting to radicalize their views? Rodriguez is > the face of the Texas Film Commission's tax incentives program, and has been > virtually guaranteed up to $60 million in rebate funding for a package of > films. > > Blood-soaked and dripping with hate > It wasn't the extreme levels of violence or its nudity that made this film so > offensive; it was the one-sided approval of Hispanic revenge killings while > uniformly demonizing the actions of the white groups involved. Though the > head Mexican drug lord was the ultimate enemy, he was served exclusively by > white politicians and radical groups; everyone in `The Network' worked > against him. > What's more, the film was marketed towards Hispanic groups, including > widespread promotion throughout Latin America, featuring a poster with an > image of a blood-dripping machete (the symbol of peasant uprising). Now > Hollywood's exports aren't just American cultural hegemony, but a > weaponized-subsection of radicalized Latino culture that draws in crowds by > playing to Hispanic supremacy. > `Machete' star Danny Trejo embraced his image as the `the first Latino > superstar' in an interview with HipHopNation.com, stating "It's an honor to > be considered the first Latino superstar. Or I should say the first Latino > action hero!" He continued: > "I think Hollywood is afraid to realize that the Latino audience is the > largest that they've got. As long as they think that a Latino can't carry a > movie, its going to stay that way. Robert Rodriguez who is innovative and > brilliant, he knows what we've got. The other great thing is that he put some > strong Latina ladies in the movie like Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba. > Lindsay Lohan also stars in the movie and she might as well be Latina > (laughs)." > Keep in mind that Fox 20th Century films, a division of Rupert Murdoch's > NewsCorp empire financed `Machete.' Its news division pulled a story > criticizing the film's violent `war on immigration.' While Fox's film > division funds `Machete,' Fox News stokes heat over the Arizona immigration > battle and beyond. At the same time warhawks at Fox News fumed over the > Ground Zero mosque controversy, it was revealed that the mosque is financed > in part by a top Fox News owner (who is Saudi) as well as many top Western > philanthropies like the Ford Foundation, among others. Meanwhile Fox also > funds diversity filmmaking programs. > The Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation have a history of financing > and subsidizing Mexican and Hispanic culture, including radical groups like > La Raza. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have not only given millions > to the National Council of La Raza, but financed minority only scholarships. > The Ford Foundation has also branched out into financing Hispanic and > minority-oriented films, including the 2010 Sundance Institute / Ford > Foundation fellowship initiative. > Why would racist, elitist eugenicists groups like these finance radical > minority movements? The strategy is to divide and conquer, breaking America > into bands of opposing groups. > A D V E R T I S E M E N T > > There's not been such an openly racist film in America since the early days > of cinema where the pro-KKK `Birth of a Nation,' and films featuring Charlie > Chan and other "coolies" epitomized a cruder era of filmmaking full of > offensive stereotypes. 70s exploitation films don't come close to `Machete,' > despite inspiring much of its style. Today, such depictions from early cinema > have been denounced. Why then would today's politically-correct culture who > denounce these stereotypes accept and praise a racist filmmaker who pans to > the Hispanic market? > The messages in culture, including how ethnic groups are portrayed, are > clearly important to discuss in our society. Propaganda has been synonymous > with films since the beginning when Soviet propagandists, like Eisenstein, > and later Nazi propagandists, headed by Goebbels, used it as a weapon of > cultural influence. While Rodriguez has a right to make as hateful and racist > a film as he dares, the State of Texas should be hesitant to institutionalize > support for his extreme views, given that the Film Commission has a policy to > selectively refuse funding that depicts Texas in a bad light. The film `Waco' > was sent packing, so why should `Machete' have Gov. Rick Perry's blessing and > budget? > Do its themes grace Texas, or glorify a `Reconquista' view of the United > States mainland? > In the Mexploitation film `Machete,' white characters who ran with the > Hispanic crew felt the need to justify their presence. "I was adopted," one > Anglo wanna-be gangster told Machete as he attempted to rally a Latino posse. > Hispanics, like Jessica Alba's character, who worked for the white system as > an I.C.E. (Immigrations & Customs) officer, redeemed herself by betraying > "the law" for "what's right." > Alba's conversion, which ended in her rallying a crowd of migrant workers by > declaring "We didn't cross the border; the border crossed us," was inspired > by Luz. Played by Michelle Rodriguez, Luz operates a taco stand as cover for > her role as head of `The Network,' an underground organization that helps to > transport migrants across the border and situate them within the U.S. Its > influence is channeled through the pervasive myth of Luz's alter-ego "She," > the militant female version of the revolutionary leader Che. `The Network' > becomes a sort of underground railroad for the plight of the immigrant, > seeking refuge from the `Hellhole' that is their collapsing country. In the > film, that effort is thwarted by the white racist Von, who torches her > headquarters while his band of vigilantes called `Freedom Fighters' prepare > for their next border raid to mow down helpless illegal aliens. Von & his > boys also conspire with a crooked state Senator played by Robert DeNiro to > construct an electrified border fence that literally fries trespassers > instantly. > Let's Get Real: Having a Healthy Food Supply is Essential (AD) > Even the non-violent parts of the film are littered with mini-lectures about > the justification for immigration or on the dignity of brown people and day > laborers. And while the film had plenty of humor, its stab at border issues > was, as Kurt Nimmo noted, anything but satire. It is more of a racial > polemic, fueled by Rodriguez' one-sided philosophy, that declares symbolic > dominance through Machete's mythical exploits and ultimate victory. > What's inflammatory? > - Opening scene where pregnant mother trying to cross the border is killed by > DeNiro and border vigilantes to `prevent another anchor baby' > - A phony campaign ad for DeNiro's Senator McLaughlin depicts hundreds of > crawling worms and cockroaches while decrying the "parasite" immigrant > "terrorists" crossing the border. > - `The Network' of Latinos was continually virtuous while the Freedom Force, > a vigilante group cast with caricatures of hillbilly trash, neo-Nazi types > and fat slobs, repeatedly use terms like "wetbacks," "cucarachas," > "parasites," "beaners" and more. > - Freedom Fighter vigilantes regularly go out on adventures to snipe at > illegals near the border and film their exploits > - A Catholic priest played by Cheech Marin is crucified by the character > "Booth" who slings racist insults while nailing him to the cross > - A scene in a hospital where it is declared that illegal immigrants are > usually refused emergency care, but Machete is lucky that `The Network' is > there to help him this time. (In reality, the cost of health care for > undocumented illegal immigrants, for both emergency care, births, public > education and beyond is burdensome to every Southern border state, as well as > in many other areas.) > In closing, Fox News writer James Pinkerton has written a news story about > Machete titled "The Reconquista is Here." Let's just hope the Fox executives > don't pull the plug on this one. >
