Live and Let Die is a Bond movie that I really wonder if it could be made as it was today due to worries over its political correctness:
*People (especially now with the existence of social media) would more than likely be up in arms over Bond seducing and subsequently deflowering Solitaire (who has to remain a virgin in order to maintain her psychic abilities). To make matters worse, Bond pretty much tricked Solitaire to have sex with him with the stake of "Lovers" cards.
*The main villain, Dr. Kananga is a black man who in essence keeps a young, innocent white woman in Solitaire as his slave.
*The only black woman in the movie, Rosie Carver asks like a hysterical bimbo and is unceremoniously treated as a sacrificial lamb.
*With the exception of Harold Strutter (who is soon killed off) and Quarrel Jr., all of the black people are depicted as hostile and antagonists and talk in jive.
*JW Pepper is like the worst version you can think of regarding the classic ignorant, unclothe, redneck stereotype. He makes Buford T. Justice from Smokey and the Bandit look civilized and sophisticated in comparison.
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