Yes, and proudly so
Regretfully this film was always misunderstood, its satire at its most powerful essence...
That's why dark humor is not for everyone, because there is always someone with no sense of humor, and/or of place that gets pissed off
Yeah, slavery is tragic, but question this, what is the most powerful way to portray tragic events? Over melodramatic Hollywood? Or a cruel and cold satire that makes you feel sick about it? think man, think
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Sykozrus666
10 years ago
Let me rephrase my question to you as I have to others. Would you proudly say "hey, remember in Goodbye Uncle Tom when the vetrinarian was examining the babies and one was upside down pissing on herself? That was my daughter"?
Rest assured that I almost completely avoid Hollywood and my sense of humour is jet black. I can even appreciate satire on occasion though it's lost on me here.
I draw the line, however, at mistreating children for the purpose of a film. do I have a problem with depicting the mistreatment of children in a film? No, but these are two different things.
Love the guy eating from the trough with his stump while he seems to have one good hand though.
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dwc_cherry
10 years ago
Babies pee all over themselves all the time, so what if they filmed it.
And yes I'd show my daughter, I think it be a more healthy film for her to watch than a liberal film about slavery.
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Sykozrus666
10 years ago
Yes, babies pee on themselves all the time. How often do they do it while a stranger is hanging them up side down? When my daughter was a baby i did my best to keep as much of her own waste off of her as possible. I certainly didn't position her in such a way as to insure maximum coverage.
Nobody asked if you would let your daughter see this film. The question was "would you let someone hold your peeing daughter up side down and film it?"
If you think this seems like a normal, natural occurence that someone just happened to film then I really have to wonder what goes on in your home.
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