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Insights into race issues?

posted 17 years ago by The_Core
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Repost from another thread on this forum:

I've read accusations on other IMDB boards that Hollywood often uses black people as a tool for a white person's enlightenment. I thought this movie was rather the other way around -- a white person was used as a tool for a black person's self-discovery.

I guess since this film doesn't fit the built-in agendas of a lot of people (e.g. the aforementioned prejudice toward Hollywood), it's ignored. Too bad, because IMO despite the silliness it offers some interesting insights into race issues.

[–] clkfan 17 years ago

Whitey did it

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] jimbeam958 13 years ago

I realize that I'm commenting on a four year old post, but its early on a Sunday morning and I just watched this movie on OnDemand.

I would think that the white person being used as the tool would be MORE offensive, since it implies that a black man would NEED a white person to aid in his self discovery. Whereas the black person being used as the tool only implies that black people have a lot to offer if only we would take the time to get to know them.

[–] Isnam777 11 years ago

This is more than a year after your post, but I'm re-watching the movie AGAIN and noticed how in the verbal exchange near the end of the film (what I would call the climax of the movie) that Andrew even acknowledges that both sides have much to learn from each other. He didn't use those words but that's how I interpreted it. Funny little insight since the movie was IMO geared more towards a white audience, when I think the small lessons learned in this comedic effort could easily be applied to... well, everyone!

Peace is not the absence of affliction, but the presence of God. ~Author Unknown

[–] iroquoisjoe 8 years ago

Ya know...based on the way that a lot of the things he says are worded, I get the feeling that in the original script Nicolas Cage's character was intended to be black. 

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