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- From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
- Newsgroups: alt.rap
- Subject: Re: controversy + movies
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:56:31
- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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- In-reply-to: jms38@po.CWRU.Edu's message of 16 Nov 1992 18:23:48 GMT
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- jms38@po.CWRU.Edu (Jason M. Snyder) writes:
- I recently inquired as to whether or not the movie: "Malcolm X"
- |will provoke hostility. I'd like to clarify.
- When the movie "Juice" came out, I went to go see it. At the door
- |to the theater, I was frisked by two armed guards along with the rest of
- |the patrons. Why should anyone have to go to a movie and sit in the
- |theater in fear. NOTE: I realize that these reactions happen in a lot of
- |controversial movies. I am no trying to imply that the violence does not
- |cross racial boundaries in movie content or production. What I am trying
- |to say is that, Spike Lee is known for his controversial messages in
- |movies. Do you think that He will thwart the life of Malcolm in order to
- |provoke controversy?
-
- Please. How many riots for DTRT? Zero.
-
- Goodfellas had more crowd violence associated with it than Juice and
- that's a fact.
-
- Folx are just stereotype driven idiots.
-
- --
- Peace.
- "I never heard of them. But I know that rap is the
- music where it rhymes."
- -President Bush on rapper Ice Cube, May 1992
- -\--/-
- Don't just adopt opinions | \/ | Some of you are homeboys
- develop them. | /\ | but only I am The Homeboy From hell
- -/--\-
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