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A question I had was did they really appoint a new and younger judge because they didn’t like the results from the elder judge? I could not remember if we spoke about this in class. Also was Queen Isabella II really perceived as a young childish queen, who was not mature enough to take on her role as queen? –Ashley Scutari | A question I had was did they really appoint a new and younger judge because they didn’t like the results from the elder judge? I could not remember if we spoke about this in class. Also was Queen Isabella II really perceived as a young childish queen, who was not mature enough to take on her role as queen? –Ashley Scutari | ||
| − | While the movie seemed accurate in its small details, the general theme of Civil War consequences does seem a little overblown, as discussed by others. I'm sure the tension of the issue was present throughout the case, but could not have been as close to the focus as Amistad makes it. I wonder if Spielberg was at least in part latching on to the Civil War as something a broader audience would understand or at least recognize. Dwelling on the coming war helps the movie bridge a gap between the political drama movie genre into the Civil War genre, complete with ten second token battle scene. | + | While the movie seemed accurate in its small details, the general theme of Civil War consequences does seem a little overblown, as discussed by others. I'm sure the tension of the issue was present throughout the case, but could not have been as close to the focus as Amistad makes it. I wonder if Spielberg was at least in part latching on to the Civil War as something a broader audience would understand or at least recognize. Dwelling on the coming war helps the movie bridge a gap between the political drama movie genre into the Civil War genre, complete with ten second token battle scene. - JT Newcomb |
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
