Posted by Netmask on 07/03/06 13:45

"Brian Epstein" <Brian@departed.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97F5566242ADABrian@216.196.97.142...
> Derek Janssen <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Particularly since one movie has slaves in it, and the other doesn't.
>
> The problem is, one movie depicts African Americans in a role they
> actually LIVED. It is historical. The African Americans in Gone With
> The Wind aren't seen dancing and singing artificial "shuck and jive" the
> way they are in "Song Of The South." I imagine if Disney ever did
> re-release the film, the NAACP and other human rights groups would raise
> quite a stink.
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shuck+and+jive
>
> -Eppy



But why this 'pharaohonic' view of trying to rewrite the history of the
cinema? Not only Black Americans were poorly presented so were just about
every strata of society except the elite's of the time.

There is a dangerous tendency developing in the United States as viewed from
outside to take a euphemistic descriptive view on just about everything.
It's bit like the Faulty Towers gag of "Don't mention the war!"

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