My point exactly B.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:24 AM, B Smith <daikaij...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So the depiction of blacks as childish, chicken and watermelon eating
> savages with an insatiable lust for white women didn't do as much harm as
> Stephin Fetchit? Screenings of Birth of Nation directly lead to riots,
> racial attacks and murders and was used as a recruitment tool by the KKK.
> Sorry I respectfully disagree.
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote:
> >
> > Apples and oranges. Still, a remarkable cinematic achievement. I was
> blown away when I saw it. Griffith practically invented modern cinematic
> language.
> >
> > Indicting Griffith for the rise of KKK is like indicting Samuel Colt for
> drive by shootings. Guilty as charged but, still, largely irrelevant.
> >
> > Me, personally, would be more inclined to indict John M. Stahl ("In Old
> Kentucky"), the first director to employ Stepin Fetchit as "the Laziest Man
> in the World." This image was waaaay more destructive to black people than
> anything in "Birth of a Nation."
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Shot by a genius that was personally responsible for the rebirth of the
> kkk
> > > and the racial stereotypes about black men, and mexicans that are still
> with
> > > us today.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Kelwyn <ravenadal@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Content aside, "Gone with the Wind" like "Birth of a Nation" is
> savvy,
> > > > populist entertainment. If you are racially sensitive, avoid both at
> all
> > > > costs as the narratives will suck you in. "Nation" is truly
> remarkable on
> > > > just a technical basis. It is still a gorgeous looking film. D.W.
> Griffith
> > > > was a cinematic genius.
> > > >
> > > > ~rave!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > In terms of pure dollars, "Avatar" will soon become the biggest of
> all
> > > > time. (In terms of dollars adjusted for time, sadly, I think "Gone
> With the
> > > > Wind" is still the champ). The country-by-country breakdown is
> pretty
> > > > interesting. Australia over thirty mill, France, Algeria and Tunisia,
> over a
> > > > hundred, and ninety mill in Russia? Wow, truly an international
> hit.Â
> > > > Even Turkey with eight million. But what's up with Syria: only
> eighty-seven
> > > > thousand?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=avatar.htm
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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