Sneelock
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 16, 2020 19:13:28 GMT
A lot of prominent people who came of age in the 80’s and 90’s have had to deal with insensitive documented remarks , blackface photos & the like.
Maybe we don’t need no doctor but people who self-diagnose those sorts of things are bound to find themselves in the pink.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 15:45:55 GMT
I'm not sure. I tend to think that it IS sad that anything that doesn't fit into young people's correct and sensitive world has to be excused or explained just because they are incapable of understanding or accepting nuance or parody or satire or whatever. What's next - books come complete with little inlays saying the author didn't mean to use naughty words, he was just quoting the characters? Let the audience come to the work, not vice versa. But I'm interested to hear more of a defence for this kind of thing. And I understand that it's not widespread practice. Blazing Saddles is, as Snee says, definitely a special case. I agree. There is something so patronisingly maternalistic about this sorta thing. Oh please Professor, please do explain to us plebs why it's satirical and why we are meant to be laughing at the bigots not with them. Thanks for explaining something I understood when I was 15, now fuck off back to your broom cupboard. I agree with this. If a film is 70, 30, 10, or a year old, part of the enjoyment is trying to figure it. Being told about it before hand is like giving away a spoiler. Seeing or hearing something you weren't expecting adds to the effect of the film. Afterwards, go nuts and research the film all you want. |
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Post by daveythefatboy on Aug 17, 2020 16:46:51 GMT
It isn’t as if they are going to tell you, “hey, Rosebud is a sled.”
How exactly does it spoil High Noon to be reminded that it was made during the height of McCarthyism?
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Post by Crunchy Col on Aug 17, 2020 16:52:59 GMT
Read about that stuff in film guides if you want. Go to Media Studies lectures.
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hey Daddy-O. I don't wanna go.
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 17, 2020 17:10:48 GMT
We are ALL film students now, Comrade!
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Post by daveythefatboy on Aug 17, 2020 17:44:21 GMT
I just watched the intro. Hardly a film-studies seminar. Just a quick minute or two. Easy to fast-forward through.
I’ll light a candle for those feeling oppressed.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Aug 17, 2020 18:07:50 GMT
Who's oppressed?
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 17, 2020 18:09:06 GMT
Some DVD Looney Tunes comps that came out, what, twenty years ago? had similar intros. Harmless.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Aug 17, 2020 18:09:47 GMT
I'm not saying it's harmful!
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Post by Crunchy Col on Aug 18, 2020 9:29:44 GMT
Are these the laws of desire in a decaying culture built on the husks of atrophied ideals, where longing is a destructive touch and relationships are made out of perverse torment?
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 18, 2020 10:40:45 GMT
(Sneelock eats a plate of beans & farts)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2020 10:50:25 GMT
Are these the laws of desire in a decaying culture built on the husks of atrophied ideals, where longing is a destructive touch and relationships are made out of perverse torment? Yeah, you read or heard that somewhere. That's sounds too smart to be a coan-ism. |
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Post by Crunchy Col on Aug 18, 2020 11:27:19 GMT
No flies on you, Markus!
(I was hoping Davey would get to it before you did)
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Post by daveythefatboy on Aug 18, 2020 15:31:42 GMT
It is as if your x-ray eyes looked all the way through my transparent soul, John.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2020 15:32:57 GMT
No flies on you, Markus! (I was hoping Davey would get to it before you did) What do i win? |
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