Straight up racist.
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TheFilmLuvR — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 02:53 AM)
From observation, it seems that even though Peele is biracial, he obviously identifies more with being black versus white. Kind of ironic, since he most likely benefitted from "white privilege" growing up in Manhattan.
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Thradar — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 07:54 AM)
Jordan Peele is half white, and was raised very white suburban. It's just a film, don't get your panties in A bunch.
His race is irrelevant. Doesn't detract from the fact that the movie is racist. It depicts white (only) people as crazy psychopaths who hunt down blacks (only). That'sracist. -
masterofallgoons — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 11:36 AM)
How do you know? I haven't looked at the trailer in a while, but it seemed to me at the time that there was probably more to it than that.
People get so worked up about this stuff and never consider that maybe the movie is actually about all the things they're freaking out over. It seemed to me that this was about a black character that goes into a situation that he was already paranoid about due to his racial assumptions about other people's racial assumptions.
Seemed like a pretty thoughtful premise on sort of complex issues actually. Naturally all of the responses have to be thoughtless cries of 'racist!' from all sides. -
lazarillo — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 10:43 PM)
Wow! What a dumbass thread. Just because white people are the villains OR black people are the villains does not make something "racist". "Candyman", for instance, isn't considered racist because it has a black villain menacing a white protagonist. Also, if you're going to complain about black people playing the "race card", maybe you shouldn't turn around and play it YOURSELF. The last thing we need is WHITE PC police.
Finally, how in the hell is someone half black, not black? Barack Obama's mother was white, so is he not black? If people treat you like you're black, then I think you qualify as black. Look up the people called "octoons" in the antebellum South. They were considered black and subjected to racism. Racists have at least as much problem with someone who is "mixed race" as they do with someone who is black.
When it comes to being "racist" a movie like this is rubber and touchy white whiners like the OP are glue, and you know what that means. . .
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paulg-67221 — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 03:39 PM)
Night of the Living Dead was not intended to address racism in America. George A. Romero stated that the actor was cast because he was the best for the role and it was not specifically written for a black actor. It became a statement about racism due to the timing of it's release. He even said when he finished the film and was driving to find a cinema to show it, he found out that Martin Luther King was assassinated over the radio.
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libra113 — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 11:36 AM)
Yes, paulg-67221, when the script was written the character wasn't intended or written to be anything.
He was picked because he was the only professional actor in the cast and the part was so central to the story that Romero thought it wise to cast the only professional actor.
Also, the only reason Ben was such a central character was because Russo forced Romero to hire Judith O'Dea as Barbara (who was originally going to be the lead) and Romero didn't feel as if she was a strong enough actress so he hastily re-wrote her part where she spends the bulk of the movie a basket case.
That is also why, in the 1990 remake (done by Savini and blessed and involving Romero) they made her the hero again.
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paulg-67221 — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 01:49 PM)
I didn't realise he wasn't supposed to be the main character, you learn something new everyday.
I haven't seen the remake so I didn't know she was the hero in that but then again it makes sense she was supposed to be the main character in the original because she is one of the first characters to be introduced. -
libra113 — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 04:09 PM)
That's the way I heard it (I think it was a special feature with the movie or maybe commentary). Of course there are lots of stories about the movie floating around and they don't all agree with each other.
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chainsawaccident — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 03:52 PM)
Actually, it looks like another "ignorant white southern people" black delusion than anything. Sure Peele will fall back on the "it's just satire" beep excuse like the Daily Show does, but in reality many black people I talk to in California actually think beep like this regularly goes on in rural white areas. Whether intended or not, it perpetuates the white-illuminati delusion that white people collectively get together and try to find new and exciting ways to oppress black people (and yes, people actually believe this). On the other hand, the film could end up having some twist at the end where the white parents turn out not to be the villains. I will say the trailer looks trippy and intenseand as we saw with Ghostbusters and Trumpthe more controversy something can generate, the more likely it will receive favoritism regardless of its merit.
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