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I know you're just trying to be controversial, but in any sense comparing this to

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tinear

In Reply to: RE: "12 Years a Slave:" nothing very spectacular about the film, nothing posted by Billy Wonka on May 02, 2014 at 21:31:22

"Mandingo" is in really poor taste.
The guy who thought it funny to mention, "Blazing Saddles," similarly was borderline, but he was trying for humor (I wonder if he'd humorously reference "Wet Hot American Summer" to "Shindler's List").

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One reviewer referred to this as . . . - Billy Wonka 10:21:00 05/03/14 (5)
slave porn and partly for those reasons I didn't want to see it. I don't think I said anything controversial. The Academy has a long history of rewarding "social causes" over art and craft. How 'Gravity' got all those awards is beyond me since it was mostly digital.
One other thing: Who fact checked Northurp's book before it was published? Harriet Beecher Stowe? Point is we see so many films in our lifetimes that are attributed to the experiences of one person when we don't know what really happened. Eg. 'Django' gave an accurate portrayal of slavery because somebody knew someone whose great, great grand daddy lived it. See? If it sells, produce it. This goes for anything.
I really wish film makers would concentrate on promoting harmony not discord.

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- It was an adaptation, not a copy. That's incidental, anyhow. My point stands, - tinear 09:45:23 05/04/14 (3)
  irregardless of what one other critic said. I gave you a reason why your comparison was so out of place; again, would you reference the Jewish theme comedy in a Schindler review?
  I'm not a fan of Hollywood's penchant for films about social issues du jour, but slavery is hardly that, is it?
  - You gave no such reason . . . - Billy Wonka 13:11:09 05/04/14 (2)
    You need to get hold of your emotions once and for all. "12" was an average movie with average performances. I'm not sure where your fertile imagination gets "humor" and "The List".
    
    You need to take a time out until you can be a good citizen.
    - Willy, you need to reenter reality. YOU compared it to Mandingo. Exactly so. - tinear 14:04:35 05/05/14 (1)
      I said that would be tantamount to comparing a Jewish comedy to Schindler's List.
      Would you do that?
      Why not?
      Is it because you're living in Mississippi?
      You're a stereotype and don't even know it, sometimes.
      - RE: Willy, you need to reenter reality. YOU compared it to Mandingo. Exactly so. - Bill the K 22:02:12 05/09/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Willy, you need to reenter reality. YOU compared it to Mandingo. Exactly so. posted by tinear on May 05, 2014 at 14:04:35
        
        If Mandingo were directed by Spielberg, we would have had another Color Purple and an Oscar. But all pale imitations of Roots.
        
        Bill
- I thought the story had the ring of truth about it - Road Warrior 15:26:18 05/03/14 (0)
  It may well not have been 100% reflective of the vast majority of slave's experiences, i.e., a well respected black man living in the north tricked and then kidnapped and sold into slavery. However, if my passage into Heaven were determined by whether I chose correctly as to the truthfulness of Northrup's story, I'd choose truth. Maybe I'd be wrong, but like I said, it had the ring and feel of truth about it.
  
  I don't see story telling of a sad moment in a nation's history, i.e., slavery, jewish persecution, burning of witches, beheading of "heretics", etc., as promoting discord. To the contrary, showing the horrors of those actions to the current generation should help raise awareness of what wrongs can be wrought by prejudice and ignorance. Just my $.02 and probably very poorly said....
  
  Oh yeah, in the interest of promoting the harmony thing, I couldn't agree more about Gravity? Fun? Yeah. Academy Awards? WTF????
  
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