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Topic subjectActually, it's a nice allegory on race, government, poltics, and class stauts
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681560, Actually, it's a nice allegory on race, government, poltics, and class stauts
Posted by bwood, Tue Jul-01-14 12:03 PM
>I think all the "Best film of the year" comments are
>reactionary as shit. It's a pretty straightforward parable on
>redemption with a lil' wool pulled over your eyes for good
>measure.
>
>Nice popcorn flick.
>
>D

It's more than a popcorn flick when you sit down and think about it.

Octivia Spencer getting beaten by the guards reminded me a lot about Rodney King.

The people in the front of the train where exclusively white. While the back of the train was run like a concentration camp with it's passengers covered in black soot. Also, the minorities are at the back as well.