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"Short Circuit is one of the most racist movies ever."
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HalfBakedProphet
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Who was the intended audience for Soul Man? Serious question
C. Thomas Howell's career sort of died after that
C. Thomas Howell's career sort of died after that
SteveWinwood
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I could argue the last column could get a checkmark in the third row.
Zoe
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Probably the same as Just One of the Guys.
The lead seems to still do plenty of work. He's just one those "hey, it's that guy!" actors.
It's not a bad movie but it also isn't something to write home about.
Bruce Lee being denied in Kung Fu so that David Carradine could take the role of an asian guy is something that comes to mind regarding the topic.
andthebeatgoeson
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Half Italian/half russian playing a guy from Mypos?
Dat's racist.
Zoramon089
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I can't believe some people are actually defending white washing movies
Albino_Samurai
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Well, he fooled me! more than 20 times!
That , to me means ; He performed a great acting job and has not got enough credit for it.
I never thought about it to be honest (untill this thread came up), but how did the black community in the US respond to Tropic Thunder?
That , to me means ; He performed a great acting job and has not got enough credit for it.
I never thought about it to be honest (untill this thread came up), but how did the black community in the US respond to Tropic Thunder?
There's no historical/societal basis of discrimination that is summoned during such a portrayal, so it's a more complicated issue, but I think in most circumstances, no.
We laughed at it and at those that missed the point.
Well ... they can kinda get away with that because the production DID hire a midget double for every main dwarf and hobbit character ... so it is not like they stoped hiring then for hiring a tall white dude for the role
Well ... they can kinda get away with that because the production DID hire a midget double for every main dwarf and hobbit character ... so it is not like they stoped hiring then for hiring a tall white dude for the role
Why do they look like cutouts?
To be honest, the first time I saw this I just thought Depp would play some idiot who just thinks that he's a native american. Maybe that's how they should actually solve it in the movie.
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HalfBakedProphet
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Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Are you serious?
The scene is graphic for a kids movie, but it isn't particularly touching (not even the music is).
Zoe
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Well ... they can kinda get away with that because the production DID hire a midget double for every main dwarf and hobbit character ... so it is not like they stoped hiring then for hiring a tall white dude for the role
Hah, one of the actors isn't really that much taller than the double.
But the argument would be, if they're already using doubles, why couldn't the doubles act?
The problem with all this is not hiring a minority
If they hired AND choose to hire other people anyway ... than it is their problem of wasting more money =P
It is only a problem when a group that rarely is given chance to act because of the lack of minority characters is excluded because that role that SHOULD go to that group is given to a white dude
If they hired AND choose to hire other people anyway ... than it is their problem of wasting more money =P
It is only a problem when a group that rarely is given chance to act because of the lack of minority characters is excluded because that role that SHOULD go to that group is given to a white dude
Angelus Errare
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I can't believe Rue is black.
TheJollyCorner
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black, white, indian, whatever... thanks to this thread I have that fucking song from the end credits of Short Circuit stuck in my head. Thanks OP!
ReturnOfTheRAT
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I liked Johnny 5, and seeing him get the shit beat out of him made me sad. Is this really that hard for you to comprehend?
Charles Foster Kane
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Not at all, I can totally understand that. What is puzzling is the fact that you say that's the only movie to have made you cry.
vas_a_morir
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Some others have made me misty eyed. Short Circuit 2 has the benefit of being seen when I was very young, and there was a window for such an emotional reaction.
jim-jam bongs
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Still no Peter Sellers? C'mon GAF, he's even playing an Indian man in black-face.
Zoe
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What's that from? It's the only one I didn't recognize.
Still no Peter Sellers? C'mon GAF, he's even playing an Indian man in black-face.
From what I understand, the Indian community was accepting of The Party because it was one of the first portrayals of an Indian character in Hollywood who wasn't eating monkey brains or making sacrifices to heathen gods.
StopMakingSense
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Well, that is assuming it was his real name to begin with.
I always thought that was sort of the point, he never existed as a real person, he was just a character in a story told by Verbal. Or if he did exist he was just a guy employed by Soze to scare the shit out of the crew, so it wasn't his real name.
Kitsunebaby
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I thought this thread was going to contain deep insights about how the relationships between Human and robots as presented in the film was an allegory of the racial discrimination during the time.
Nope. Faux outrage for something pretty innocuous
Yes. That's why the 80's "kids" movies >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> today's
jim-jam bongs
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Not sure if serious. In the context of the film it's an ironic joke.
Ja.
If the former, then the portrayal onscreen is the story he's telling. If the latter, then the Japanese part isn't necessary.
jim-jam bongs
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He gets the name from the bottom of a coffee cup. It's a joke.
Zoe
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Oh, right. I just never took it at face value since they were all criminals.
Freaked me out too when I found out some years back.
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