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I agree with Rachel, I thought it was interesting to see how the writers and directors didn't shy away from the racial slurs. It definitely added to the harshness of the film and was an important choice on the makers of this film. Perhaps people were becoming more aware of the racism that many blacks still suffered during the time and they felt it was important to express the fullness of this. - Victoria Y. | I agree with Rachel, I thought it was interesting to see how the writers and directors didn't shy away from the racial slurs. It definitely added to the harshness of the film and was an important choice on the makers of this film. Perhaps people were becoming more aware of the racism that many blacks still suffered during the time and they felt it was important to express the fullness of this. - Victoria Y. | ||
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| + | One review that I found particulary interesting, was from Roger Ebert, who said that if the movie had been made 10 or 20 years earlier, most of the movie would have focused on the white family and Odessa, and ignored the black family. (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910322/REVIEWS/103220301/1023) He also takes an interesting tack concerning the daughter. He says her only role is, "apparently to reassure white audiences the movie is "really" intended for them." The narrator was an unecessary touch, but the daughter, in my opinion, provided an innocent view of the conflict around her and her raw emotion contributed to the film. - Michael G. | ||
== Comments on the reading versus the movie == | == Comments on the reading versus the movie == | ||
