Hollywood Villifies Muslims?

[bishopnl]

Hmmm... and I guess by "Many Others" you mean me.

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I love that you don't even know me yet jump to conclusions about my "internal problems"?

Well, since you said you haven't seen King Kong, I'll give you a pass.   Although I'll rope you in under "people who make uninformed judgement calls about things they are unfamiliar with."

uh....which brings me to your second statement.  If you can jump to conclusions about movies you haven't seen, I can jump to conclusions about people I haven't met.

[drummr]

One thing is certain; human beings are complex emotional, intellectual
and spiritual beings.  We have views ranging from extraordinary to the
truly bizarre.  What am I saying here??  I have absolutely no clue.

The political correctness of our current time, while perhaps well intentioned,
appears to have actually exacerbated the problems it was attempting to solve.

I find myself conflicted on issues of racism.  While I do believe that racism exists and
that opportunity is more fleeting for certain ethnic groups, I do not believe that the
answer lies in the direction we seem to be going.  Racism is a two edged sword, but
it is treated as if only the majority is racist. 

I believe the answer is to seek true equality, where a person is judged by merit rather
than ethnic origin.  I believe all people who wish to participate in our democracy should
embrace this concept.  Sound like Star Trek?  Don't I wish.

[Tsalagi]

No, I'm not.

I think its a great analogy.

A big black ape from the jungles of Africa stealing away a white woman - its was every white mans fear in the 1930s.

There is alot of symbolism in that movie. Check out this article.

http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC06folder/KingKong.html

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Thanks.  I needed that.

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Of course you don't. Hello? You were born in what 82, 83? You're a white man (I don't mean that in a condescending way either ) who never had to live in a society that demeans you because of your skin color, you've never been sent to the back of the bus, you never had to drink from a separate water fountain. Yes, its disturbing. Its disturbing that up until the 1960's with Sydney Poiter there was never any major roles for the black man. Why was that?

Can I ask you a question about the 1930s version? Were there any black people anywhere in the movie? In the background trying to escape? Anything at all?

I know this was to Nate, but I gotta jump in here:

Honestly?  Those battles had their day, but this is a new day, with new people.  Anything that happened before I became accountable for my own actions ain't my responsibility. 

Sure, I read the history books.  I also make up my own mind about those history books and the people who wrote them.

I also understand that Hollywood has always been a propaganda machine, and that movies can be made for other reasons than to simply reflect the viewpoints of the time.