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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostYou could never, and should never make that movie today...
I'm just curious if you can come up with an answer that doesn't trample all over the right to free speech.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostWhy not?
I'm just curious if you can come up with an answer that doesn't trample all over the right to free speech.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostWhy not?
I'm just curious if you can come up with an answer that doesn't trample all over the right to free speech.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostEveryone has the right to make a bad movie if they have the money for it.I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostNot sure what rights would trampled on. Everyone has the right to make a bad movie if they have the money for it. I certainly didn't mean that it should be illegal to make a movie like that. But if Disney produced Song of the South today, they'd deserve the backlash they'd get.
As for Song of the South, it was a progressive movie for its time and largely misunderstood today. For one thing, many people don't realize that it's set after the Civil War in reconstruction-era Georgia, and that Uncle Remus and the other black characters are freed slaves, which puts the characters and their relationships with each other in a different light.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostIt's just that saying, "You could never, and should never make that movie today," is not much different than saying, "You could never, and should never exercise your freedom of speech today."
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostNot sure what rights would trampled on. Everyone has the right to make a bad movie if they have the money for it. I certainly didn't mean that it should be illegal to make a movie like that. But if Disney produced Song of the South today, they'd deserve the backlash they'd get.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostI have it on DVD and it's actually a very good movie, featuring a stunningly beautiful Vivian Leigh as Scarlet O'Hara. But it strongly reflects Confederate values re the status of blacks during the Civil War era. Hence it is insensitive, to say the least, that it be screened in the Deep South during the current 'troubles' re Confederate monuments and the resurgence of the White Supremacists.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostDo you believe that a book or movie about the slavery era should describe what really existed at the time? Or should we not allow movies of that era to be made? Or should we white wash the whole era and pretend it did not happen?
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Where is you evidence of a resurgence of the KKK and White Supremacists? That there are more today than let's say from a few years ago?Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostWarning labels will likely be attached to future copies of the book and movie.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gon...ash-2017-08-27Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostWarning labels will likely be attached to future copies of the book and movie.
Seriously, this whole idea that people have a right not to be "offended" by contrary opinions and ideas is just stupid and is creating a generation of overly sensitive ignoramuses who are wholly unprepared for life in the real world.
This all reminds me of the "Tom and Jerry Golden Collection" fiasco from several years ago. MGM's plan was to release all of the Tom and Jerry cartoon shorts, restored and in their original, uncensored presentation. Volume 1 was released in October 2011 with the following disclaimer "hardcoded" as the first thing you see when playing the disc:
"These animated shorts are products of their time. Some of them may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While the following does not represent the Warner Bros. view of today's society, these animated shorts are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed."
I thought this was very tasteful and reasonable, and "Tom and Jerry" fans were delighted to finally have the cartoons as they were originally screened. Two-years later just before Volume 2 was released, MGM suddenly got cold feet for unknown reasons and cancelled the entire collection. I along with other fans of the celluloid cat and mouse are still greatly annoyed by this inexplicable about-face. I can only assume some "special interest" group put pressure on MGM and forced them to change their mind.Last edited by Mountain Man; 09-08-2017, 07:39 AM.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostDo you believe that a book or movie about the slavery era should describe what really existed at the time? Or should we not allow movies of that era to be made? Or should we white wash the whole era and pretend it did not happen?
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