| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
morning_after
Phoenix
Joined: Jan 29, 2008
Age: 27
Posts: 1041
Location: Arizona
|
 Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: Tropic Thunder |
 |
|
I've read a couple of reviews of this movie like this one:
http://www.film.com/movies/story/review-tropic-thunder-is-excellent/22258260
I wanted to say that I am an enthusiestof old time radio. For those of you that don't know, the show "Amos 'n' Andy" was a radio progra where the protrayal of black people is now considered offensive, mainly because of it's blackface humor. In the early part of the 2th century, using blackface in movies was not only acceptable, but in some cases preferred. Al Jolsom, for example, said he found doing offensive things easier when he put on blackface.
The reason I saw that is simple. Protests against "Amos 'n' Andy" started in 1935, against the radio show. The radio show itself was not pulled, but the same protests managed to get the tv show pulled in the fifties and reruns pulled from circulation in 1965. The reaction to the fact that people took offense at programs like "Amos 'n' Andy" were very much like the people who tell others that protest against "Tropic Thunder" to stop their boycott. People thought and continued to think thatm "Amos 'n' Andy" was ok. Personally I even saw references to people supposedly not having a reason to complain about that show in a book that was published in the 70's.
So what I'm saying is that I would encourage anyone who feels that the movie is offensive to boycott the movie, protest it, or anything else they can think of to show that they don't like th movie. If you don't feel that it's offensive, that's your perrogative, and it is besides the point. I wanted to encourage anyone that is trying to do something about offsensive scenes in the film to keep it up. We shouldn't expect an immediate change, but the changes that stopped the use of blackface didn't exactly take place overnight. I would like to encourage those that are protesting the move to continue, if for no other reason than that you're convinced that it's offensive.
_________________
Bill Cosby: Dad is great! Give us the chocolate cake!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
computerlove
emos and goths, please die.
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 3531
Location: Male, Mexico, Graphic Design
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I can't wait to see the movie!
Ben Stiller: Awesome.
And that thing of Robert Downey Jr. as a nigga, A-wesome! I even didn't recognize him in a pic I saw!
I hope it's great, and my opinion of people who THINK that it's offensive: Go see it FIRST, before judging.
Even God, he judges a man only at his last day.
Oh, and it makes fun of white people, they even need to make some absurd minority laws.
_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. |
|
| Back to top |
|
SabbraCadabra
Sea Gull
Joined: Apr 22, 2008
Posts: 1552
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Can't wait to see this movie, I love Ben Stiller \m/
Also, don't know why anyone would be offended. I've never been offended when black people play white people in movies, heck, I'm not even offended by Michael Jackson 
_________________
How wonderful to be so profound. |
|
| Back to top |
|
AnonymousAnonymous
More Riddler than Joker
Joined: Nov 24, 2006
Age: 18
Posts: 6783
Location: Portland, Oregon
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I will wait for the DVD.
_________________
It's time to introduce a little anarchy. |
|
| Back to top |
|
iamnotaparakeet
Alpha Parrot
Joined: Aug 01, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 11779
Location: Domus Psittacorum
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| computerlove wrote: | I can't wait to see the movie!
Ben Stiller: Awesome.
And that thing of Robert Downey Jr. as a nigga, A-wesome! I even didn't recognize him in a pic I saw!
I hope it's great, and my opinion of people who THINK that it's offensive: []Go see it FIRST, before judging[/
Even God, he judges a man only at his last day.
Oh, and it makes fun of []white [/b]people, they even need to make some absurd minority laws. |
Actually, my understanding is that there is a particular day when everyone will be judged together. I don't know whether in series or in parallel, but it would be all people together during the same period of time.
Movie sounds funny possibly.
_________________
Don't look back, because infinity is waiting.
Last edited by iamnotaparakeet on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:40 pm; edited 2 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
Kilroy
Establishment knows whats best
Joined: Apr 25, 2007
Posts: 10390
Location: Driving the Last Spike
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
you know what I did when people told me to see Dark Knight
I saw Mamma Mia
I think I should see it again lol
_________________
Hail Saltandor
supporter for the cure |
|
| Back to top |
|
Postperson
The Daughter of Indifference
Joined: Jul 10, 2004
Age: 51
Posts: 2904
Location: Uz
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| yes, do they call it 'viral marketing' or something, like word of mouth? |
|
| Back to top |
|
computerlove
emos and goths, please die.
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 3531
Location: Male, Mexico, Graphic Design
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:04 am Post subject: |
|
|
thanks notparakeet,
and maybe mentioning God is way over the top 
_________________
One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. |
|
| Back to top |
|
iamnotaparakeet
Alpha Parrot
Joined: Aug 01, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 11779
Location: Domus Psittacorum
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
|
|
| computerlove wrote: | thanks notparakeet,
and maybe mentioning God is way over the top |
No, it's fine. If people have a problem, then they can get over it.
_________________
Don't look back, because infinity is waiting. |
|
| Back to top |
|
digger1
perturbed spirit
Joined: Sep 13, 2007
Age: 35
Posts: 2380
Location: The Nexus of Sominus
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
Anyone have a problem with or boycott White Chicks?
I rest my case.
Besides, Downy's blackface isn't blackface.
For those of you who don't know, blackface was an old technique to avoid hiring colored folk in plays and the theater. The character would be played by a white person only in over-the-top make-up witch accentuated African-Americans' more prominent features.
They were portrayed as oafish, slow, undereducated and simple.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/BlackfaceMinstrelsPostcard.jpg
Downy's character is being a black man with other black men. He's not poking fun at anyone.
Why am I explaining this?
_________________
I put the "__" in lazy |
|
| Back to top |
|
iamnotaparakeet
Alpha Parrot
Joined: Aug 01, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 11779
Location: Domus Psittacorum
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:38 am Post subject: |
|
|
| digger1 wrote: | | Why am I explaining this? |
If you don't know, then how should anyone else know? 
_________________
Don't look back, because infinity is waiting. |
|
| Back to top |
|
iamnotaparakeet
Alpha Parrot
Joined: Aug 01, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 11779
Location: Domus Psittacorum
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: |
|
|
| digger1 wrote: | | Anyone have a problem with or boycott White Chicks? |
Who are the White Chicks? Do you mean white females? How would I boycott them...?
_________________
Don't look back, because infinity is waiting. |
|
| Back to top |
|
ImTheGuyThatDidThat
`
Joined: May 21, 2008
Age: 32
Posts: 6644
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:42 am Post subject: |
|
|
^
^
""heck, I'm not even offended by Michael Jackson "
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
digger1
perturbed spirit
Joined: Sep 13, 2007
Age: 35
Posts: 2380
Location: The Nexus of Sominus
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:52 am Post subject: |
|
|
| iamnotaparakeet wrote: | | digger1 wrote: | | Anyone have a problem with or boycott White Chicks? |
Who are the White Chicks? Do you mean white females? How would I boycott them...? |
the movie and why did you make the letters bold?
_________________
I put the "__" in lazy |
|
| Back to top |
|
iamnotaparakeet
Alpha Parrot
Joined: Aug 01, 2007
Age: 23
Posts: 11779
Location: Domus Psittacorum
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: |
|
|
| digger1 wrote: | | iamnotaparakeet wrote: | | digger1 wrote: | | Anyone have a problem with or boycott White Chicks? |
Who are the White Chicks? Do you mean white females? How would I boycott them...? |
the movie and why did you make the letters bold? |
To emphasize the capitalization; I thought you were referring to white females in general. Sorry.
_________________
Don't look back, because infinity is waiting. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
