I'm a huge Coen fan but this left a bad taste in my mouth. I know the brothers love caricatures in their films but it seemed the really relied on the easy stereotypes with the black caricatures. Shucking church going folk, stick up men with their gun sideways, asian store owner who knows self defense. Just tacky. I'm fine with tons wrongheaded humor but thought the brothers were more clever than this.
When there are two, one betrays-Jean-Pierre Melville
Meh... I don't think many would agree.
shareI'd love to see an objective defense of the charge that the film uses "easy stereotypes" and "black caricatures". I know the film breaks certain unwritten rules about how blacks may or may not be portrayed, but that is hardly the same thing.
> "Shucking church going folk"
Shucking? You mean black people who go to church and when they curse say "shucks" instead of fouler expressions? But how is that a stereotype? After all, the film also features black people who DON'T go to church, and who don't hesitate to use extremely foul language.
Incidentally, I cannot recall any character saying "shucks"; but I cannot see why this would offend me even if it did occur.
> stick up men with their gun sideways
Is gun straight forward any less of a stereotype?
> asian store owner who knows self defense
Cigar-chomping asian store owner whose self-defense techniques include sticking his fingers up his victim's nose. Have we really seen that in hundreds of movies before? I must have missed out.