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whats the meaning of this movie?


it looks stupid

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i heard its like quite violent


whats a good movie this copmpares to?


it looks crap

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It does seem like crap and it also has it's extreme violent scenes.

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mygreat uncle was lynched by a klansman

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The meaning is that the white power rules and no one is going to have any power over the white power.

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It's sort of a funny movie actually. Not intentionally of course.
I bought the DVD at a yardsale for $1.
A bunch of us decided to watch it. It was problably about 15 of us. Keep in mind, it was mixed races watching this in the room (White/Black/Hispanic/Jewish/Indian {diverse group, huh?}). So we put the movie on, and the whole way through, laughed our heads off. Now, the content of the movie was fairly serious, but the acting, directing, etc. was just funny. It's the little things.

The writing was funny.
Loretta Sykes: "Man, you twisted!"
Garth: "Twisted?! Baby, you the one that's twisted!"
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[knock at the door]
Loretta: "Who's there?"
Rev. Josh Franklin: "Friends."
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[To Loretta]
A.P. Reporter: "I saw you hangin' around those dudes with that tight little butt!"


It's just a funny film. I wouldn't recommend watching it alone unless you plan on taking it seriously.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't take white supremicy or any form of hate crimes lightly, but honestly, I think it's ok to laugh at this movie.

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True, it's ok to laugh at "The Klansman", it's not like it's up there with "Gone With The Wind" but "Mandingo", oh yeah!

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That's like asking, what is the meaning of this porn movie? What that scene symbolic?

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I guess in the 1970's most Southern US redneck folk were still racist, stupid lunatics that took the Bible out of context for their own evil needs. They fear what's unknown to them, and respond with makes them feel safe. These people are obviously Anti-Christian (love one another, even your enemies which they don't), and Anti-American (as they ignore civil rights laws).


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It's interracial softporn from the blaxploitation era. It doesn't get any deeper than that.

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