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Finally, a movie that shows today's Republican view on slavery

posted 11 years ago by King_Of_Fuh
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It wasn't all that bad.

Well, you saved me from having to start a topic! I was going to start with "What a horrible, horrible movie..." but I like your post much better. Still, what a horrible, horrible movie. I turned it off after Rainer told her new "maid" that she would have to wear shoes if she was going to work for her (Rainer).

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[–] Ethereal-Cloud 9 years ago

Wasn't it the Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, who was instrumental in ending slavery?

[–] BelleCBelle 9 years ago

Check an American history book out of the library. At the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Republican party's dogma was the polar opposite of what it is today. Therefore, I'm not sure what Lincon being a Republican has to do with this topic at all.

[–] King_Of_Fuh 9 years ago

Correct. It was a completely different political party back then. Even 40 years later, Teddy Roosevelt was practically a progressive, making a few enemies of billionaires and captains of industry. He created the National Park System. Even Eisenhower began the interstate highway system. It was about the time of TDR's failed re-election attempt in the early 20th century that the GOP had gone blatantly for government by, for, and of the top 1%, and haters of the average working person.

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[–] gribfritz2 9 years ago

I don't know. Several times they mention whipping them at which the slaves cringed. Outwardly, they seemed happy to appease their owners. Inwardly, they seem to live in fear. From my knowledge, that would seem pretty accurate.

Of course, at the beginning, Frou Frou is different from others. One way is by treating slaves like actual human beings (shoes). What you see as an idiotic gateway to an out of place political discussion, is actually a plot device showing how Frou Frou defies convention.