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15706, RE: maybe...
Posted by HomerILLiad404, Sat Apr-21-01 06:42 PM
>>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.

Damn. It wasn't twisted THAT much. Yes it was twistd somewhat but t wasn't warped.

>>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.

No comment.

>>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.

I was speechless when I walked out. I was about to cry...seriously.

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