
Now movie to white conservatives who are going on strike about the movie. Quentin Tarantino is a mastermind....he created a modern day western in which a black man slave is the hero...he is set free, becomes a bounty hunter, and goes to the most dangerous plantation in all of Mississippi to save his wife. It is a genius movie....the truth is it brings back up a lot of issues we haven't seen in the movies in a very long time...some commentator said since perhaps The Birth of a Nation. I personally don't think it's been that long...I mean what was the purpose of Roots? Anyways, I do not think it's anything to be upset about. Slavery is the backbone of our American history (and so are Western movies) and without a doubt race is still an issue today. I mean President Obama has received so many death threats its not even the slightest funny and I just found out that someone actually shot gunfire at the White House from his car on Constitution Ave.
I will not continue on and on, but it is a movie worth seeing...it's educational, thought-provoking, and entertaining! It's a mastermind piece because there probably has never been in America's history a Black hero (who didn't die) in a Western style film! I may be over-exaggerating but that is so rare, and amazing to see! Below is an insightful news interview about the movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2C0ZIAS4pM
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