>the
>stroy /characters in Malcolm X
>(with creative liscence) were fictionalized
>or combined to make a
>historical event more "popular/entertaining", almost
>as if he were playing
>to the emotions of the
>masses of black people who
>needed a "taste" of something
>conscious. We all saw the
>X caps that followed. my
>queen said that, it was
>necessary to waterdown or "fictionalize"
>the events because the autobiography
>was so long, but i
>didn't buy it. When telling
>a story based on true
>events, why cater to the
>whims of the public?, UNLESS,
>of course, it is intended
>to get a certain response
>from them? i.e. get the
>masses to wake up.

...that was his intention. Read my earlier post. I don't take "true life" movies at face value, so as soon as I saw the film, I wanted to read everything about Malcolm I could get my hands on. It motivated me to educate myself about the "unpopular" Black leaders and the more revolutionary side of Black history.


>To
>me there is no excuse
>for distorting history like that.
>And because she's in the
>field, she was defending it.
>Only in america could te
>distortion of truth become so
>easily accepted "to sell tickets."
>to give it a term
>like "creative license" is
>pitiful to me.

Perhaps, but at the same time, remember the idea of "reaching them where they are." If you put out something and they go home trying to put the pieces together, that is going to motivate them to educate themselves and others. If they don't want to know any more than what they saw in the film, Spike can't help that. But if they DO, then he's done his job.


>Bamboozled on the other hand was
>meant to directly confront the
>fakers/selouts/bootlickers/black westerners/ whatever! One >reason
>why i don't think it
>did well. ruffled too many
>feathers.

I agree. I liked how you came out of that movie angry with EVERYONE (at least I did), Black folks, White folks, whoever...everybody got dissed.

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