Scary. 1925 is still happening.
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efs2 — 15 years ago(March 01, 2011 07:38 AM)
I hate that people can't enjoy pre 1970 films today for what they are - films. On these boards people pick apart all the alleged "agendas" that they think the film is secretly pushing - from racism to homosexuality. It is a movie adapted from a book that was based on a true story. Enjoy the film and don't think too much!
Surely you did not mean that the way it sounds.
I agree that viewers often see messages in movies that aren't there. But
Inherit the Wind
, like the book on which it is based, raises and explores a vitally important issue that is still very relevant. I think a viewer who sees it only as entertainment misses the point.
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FlaxyMartin — 15 years ago(March 01, 2011 07:47 AM)
Surely you did not mean that the way it sounds.
I agree that viewers often see messages in movies that aren't there. But Inherit the Wind, like the book on which it is based, raises and explores a vitally important issue that is still very relevant. I think a viewer who sees it only as entertainment misses the point.
When I read the book in high school, we had a long discussion, then the next class we watched the film, and again had a long discussion. This is one film that I don't believe should only be seen as entertainment. However, on these boards, people find agendas in some of the simplest stories.
I actually understand (or at least I think I do) what the OP was trying to say, although I disagree that if this film was remade involving the current political climate, the dialogue couldn't remain the same. I think the comparisons to slavery and the KKK are a little extreme. However, going back to the film and book, it really exposed just how "simple" everyday people can be, people who also vote. I think sometimes people on these boards do have interesting points, they may just go a little extreme about expressing them.
I recently watched the film "Marty" and on these boards I read some threads where people were debating whether or not the film is dated. The "message" of the film is something that will never get old though. -
mdonln — 11 years ago(February 01, 2015 05:49 PM)
Enjoy the film and don't think too much!
Don't be shocked but some of us actually like to think. I feel this is why I have a brain so I use it, constantly! Apparently, thinking is a chore for some people but for others it's second-nature; like breathing, it's just what we do.
In regards to 'just enjoying a film' and not picking it apart - I have noticed some people just watch a movie and have absolutely no thoughts at all. That's not everyone. Some of us watch a movie and come away with something. Whether or not it's what was intended, we learn, experience or understand something about the world, other people, life, or whatever; we find something that makes the experience personal to us.
Sharing it on the boards is not a bad thing as it may help someone else do the same. This is how I was taught in school. Whatever you read, see, hear, etc. you should think about and decide what you think, feel or understand. We don't have to have the same opinion but I think we should have opinions. I've read a few posts on IMDB that have gotten me to think differently about a movie and/or appreciate it more than I had. This is life; we are supposed to share with and learn from each other.
By the way, respecting differences of opinion is one of the messages I took away from this film. I agree to some extent with the person who said the movie has themes that are still relevant today. I saw that too. I don't agree with how those themes were assigned in that particular post but that part doesn't really matter. -
danteism — 13 years ago(October 14, 2012 03:10 PM)
Where is slavery happening? Please cite?
Surely you f*k!ng jest?
http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/overview
"Because human trafficking is considered to be one of the fastest growing criminal industries, the U.S. government and academic researchers are currently working on an up-to-date estimate of the total number of trafficked persons in the United States annually. With 100,000 children estimated to be in the sex trade in the United States each year, it is clear that the total number of human trafficking victims in the U.S. reaches into the hundreds of thousands when estimates of both adults and minors and sex trafficking and labor trafficking are aggregated."
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking
"Its sad but true: here in this country, people are being bought, sold, and smuggled like modern-day slaves. They are trapped in lives of miseryoften beaten, starved, and forced to work as prostitutes or to take grueling jobs as migrant, domestic, restaurant, or factory workers with little or no pay. Were working hard to stop human traffickingnot only because of the personal and psychological toll it takes on society, but also because it facilitates the illegal movement of immigrants across borders and provides a ready source of income for organized crime groups and even terrorists."
http://www.humantraffickinged.com/
"Each year about 17,500 individuals are brought into the United States and held against their will as victims of human trafficking. Some estimate the number is as high as 60,000 annually. These numbers do not include those who are here from previous years, migrants already in the US, runaways, displaced persons, and those from oppressed/marginalized groups and the poor." -
hodie — 12 years ago(October 02, 2013 02:40 PM)
Human trafficking exists everywhere. There is no LEGAL slavery in the US, and no acceptance of slavery by US society anymore than there is public embrace of murder. The Constitution says so. If the KKK still exists, so what? We don't tell people what they have to think in the US, even if we disagree with it. Jeez, the right to think was the point of the movie.
If Sarah Palin is the threat the OP seems to think she is, well, I don't know what to say. The OP may as well just hide under the bed.
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kensolar — 11 years ago(April 30, 2014 06:31 PM)
If you think the KKK is dead then you live in a delusional fantasy world. Some just call them selves different names but the 'Aryan Nations', Imperial Klans Of America, American Freedom Party, National Alliance, Nationalist Movement, The Order, White Aryan Resistance and about 15-20 other organizations are very active today all over the country hundreds of centers across the country in almost every state.
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linop90 — 14 years ago(February 05, 2012 02:28 AM)
The op is right.
America is tardsville.
TO see a modern western nation with so many religous nuts.
And whats funny is the religions arent even American, 8tey are just warped and mutated European religions.
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sockscats — 13 years ago(August 24, 2012 01:05 AM)
Notice how liberals can't make a point without condemning anybody who disagrees with them?
They are the ones today who want to destroy free speech and free thought so the only speech allowed agrees with them.
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Hurricane_G-Man — 13 years ago(December 06, 2012 10:34 AM)
O and the conservatives are any better? What rights do they love to take? A woman's right to make decisions about her body? Two adults to be able to wed regardless of there gender?
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bek-12 — 11 years ago(January 08, 2015 09:48 AM)
Notice how liberals can't make a point without condemning anybody who disagrees with them?
There is NO reason to think linop90 is a liberal. From what he (she?) said, it sounds like he simply isn't from the United States.
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philbird — 14 years ago(March 12, 2012 01:14 AM)
You cant ignore the fact that TeaParty is trying to replace evolution based science-schoolbooks with intelligent-design-books.
This is literally the same.
Ok jail didint happen so far, but be aware that if a Teaparty-member will get president it is likly to happen. -
chie0223-1 — 14 years ago(March 21, 2012 12:18 PM)
The OP has the right sentiment. There is a movement to remove the separation of church & state based on the archaic beliefs of christian fundementalists. Rick Santorum had even recently stated he does not believe absolutely in the separation of church and state. It is their wish to have creationism taught alongside the theory of evolution. That is their idea of a bipartisan policy. Ideally I would imagine they want creationsim to be the only school of thought in our public school system. In my opinion that is anti-science, anti-progress, and completely ludicrous. And the fact that they are up to scrutiny and ridicule is very well deserved. I mean seriously, get your minds into the 21st century..
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mikekrit62 — 14 years ago(March 30, 2012 09:13 PM)
Yeslet's all move into the 21st century and everybody think like you think, act like you act, believe what you believe. And if they don't, then they deserve, how did you put it? "Scrutiny" and "ridicule"? They are "anti-progress" and "ludicrous"?
So you are their judgehow long before you want to be their executioner as well, oh superior being?