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>okay, but that still leaves just about everyone else in the
>huge cast as having a racist attitude.... which is fine,
>because i understand thats the theme of the movie.

Can you really say that the "good" White cop was racist? If he was really racist he wouldn't have picked Tate's character up hitchhiking or protected Howard's character. Plus, except for the very foul thing Cheadle said to his partner he wasn't that bad either.

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>my only problem is that it came across as if Haggis was saying
>that our society, as a whole, is like this... when in fact it
>is just certain individuals. i dunno, its a very touchy
>subject but I think at times the movie went a bit too far to
>prove its point.

I really think that's more the perception of the person watching.

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>With that said, i still loved the movie, lol.

I liked it. The coincidences were a little too over the top for me, but overall it was good.

Shaun G.