Your statement is apt

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Posted by boa2 on January 8, 2007 at 19:27:10

In Reply to: At the risk of being insulting posted by Analog Scott on December 26, 2006 at 16:26:51:

"Funny thing is all the main characters share the same frailties and virtues."

Exactly. Which is why the viewer is inclined to step into the trap of automatically aligning the characters with their respective cultures, when in fact their frailties, virtues, and vulnerabilities make them culturally interchangeable...or simply put, human. Inarritu is a much more inquisitive filmmaker than is Gaggis, who in "Crash" tapped into predictable audience preconceptions to hammer home the point that we're all racist. In "Crash", the characters are are their stereotypes, both as perpetrators and victims. The film was awarded for confirming exactly what audiences already believed to be true even before seeing it. As one critic noted, it wasn't plotted, it was programmed. Whereas "Babel" prompted questions, "Crash" professed to have all of the answers from take one.

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Topic - Babel - Crash part II - Duilawyer 07:39:15 12/26/06 (15)

yes but mainly no - dave c 21:08:04 12/27/06 (0)

Crash by far is the better film. Hell, even Matt Dillon was good in it. nt - tinear 11:56:23 12/27/06 (0)

I saw it quite differently - Analog Scott 08:45:30 12/26/06 (12)

Re: I saw it quite differently - mr grits 16:08:02 12/26/06 (9)

At the risk of being insulting - Analog Scott 16:26:51 12/26/06 (7)

Your statement is apt - boa2 19:27:10 01/08/07 (0)

Stereotypes come from movies and this one nailed everybody--intentionally or not. * - mr grits 16:42:22 12/26/06 (5)

Maybe I am misunderstanding you but stereotypes do not come from movies - Analog Scott 16:51:24 12/26/06 (4)

I meant nailed with a negative portrayl . . . stereotypes can be created by mass media . . . - mr grits 17:20:20 12/26/06 (3)

That is a relief - Analog Scott 18:26:06 12/26/06 (2)

Well, the guy helping Pitt was the only "redeemable" Muslim . . . - mr grits 21:46:22 12/26/06 (1)

I thought all the Muslims were helping and caring. nt - Duilawyer 21:50:50 12/26/06 (0)

very intelligent insights... - Duilawyer 16:23:37 12/26/06 (0)

No convenient coincidence necessary; to attempt to hold the plot together in Babel, either. - Vinylized 09:45:44 12/26/06 (1)

I agree it didn't *need* it - Analog Scott 13:07:46 12/26/06 (0)

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Your statement is apt - boa2 19:27:10 01/08/07 (0)

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