Kevin Costner and Whitney Kissing..
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farynhite — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 03:15 PM)
I just watched The Bodyguard for the first time in 20 years (age 7 or 8 at the time). 20 years ago it was one of my favorites. I probably saw it at least 20 times back in the day. Usually a movie stays with me forever if the soundtrack is also top-notch so if you liked it or not, it's a definite classic. I did not see it in theaters nor did I watch it with racists so I was never aware this movie was controversial aside from subject matter in the film itself (fame, violence, pride, envy, humility). It sucks that there could be any reaction to two people kissing based on the color of their skin. This is an important issue because today Hollywood doesn't make serious mainstream interracial movies. After desegregation, sure, there were a lot of movies finally able to examine the rights of human beings like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner or Giantbut that was also during the time of censorship and ridiculous modesty in film so those movies could talk about the issues and compel open-minded viewers to think about the content, but didn't actually demonstrate them in a literal, visual manner which sadly seems to rub a$$holes the wrong way to this day. Wasn't the 'remake' of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner a comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Zoe Saldana? The original wasn't a comedy. Hmmm. I hope we all stop sucking eventually.
-Farynhite
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