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Tagging onto Whitney's comment - I disagree that the film makers did other black regiments justice - they didn't acknowledge other blacks actually fighting, and they portrayed them as "chimps in uniform" or "children" in the scene where they ransack the town of the 'cessors. The movie seemed to make the 54th regiment the ONE exception to the rule and Shaw a great hero for respecting and believing in his black troops. - Elle | Tagging onto Whitney's comment - I disagree that the film makers did other black regiments justice - they didn't acknowledge other blacks actually fighting, and they portrayed them as "chimps in uniform" or "children" in the scene where they ransack the town of the 'cessors. The movie seemed to make the 54th regiment the ONE exception to the rule and Shaw a great hero for respecting and believing in his black troops. - Elle | ||
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| + | That's a very good point, Elle. It was portrayed very negatively. -Whitney | ||
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