Use of the N-word
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andreaaa_3000 — 10 years ago(January 17, 2016 06:16 AM)
No it wasn't necessary. That's why you can't offer a proper defense for it. Just another white fool desperate to justify their racism. Sounding like broken records at this point.
They literally discussed the black man for two lines.
Use of the n word added nothing of importance to it. Just the typical white director wanting to insert some racism into a perfectly incredible psychological thrilling horror movie. You mean in a film that was 2+ hours long, the n word was intricate to the already intense plot and the film would have been ruined without it? Haha. Lies. -
frany1125 — 10 years ago(January 19, 2016 11:39 AM)
Well if he said colored or negro I would understand why. I don't know why people are bashing me and calling me PC after just asking a simple question
If it were any other derogatory term that seemed out of context I would ask the same question as well. I just did not deem it as necessary. Maybe if they were in the 1800's I wouldn't question as much
I know racism was alive in the 1920's that the character was from, I just didn't expect the N-word usage in that context
Just having a discussion is all
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Barbed_Wire_Strawberry — 10 years ago(January 19, 2016 01:39 PM)
You PC Bra?
Seriously though - the actual point is to show the inherent racism of the institution of the Overlook.
Without anyone to inflate his ego, Jack isn't really feeling like much of a White Man.
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eweland — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 07:50 AM)
No it wasn't necessary. That's why you can't offer a proper defense for it. Just another white fool desperate to justify their racism. Sounding like broken records at this point.
They literally discussed the black man for two lines.
Use of the N-word added nothing of importance to it. Just the typical white director wanting to insert some racism into a perfectly incredible psychological thrilling horror movie. You mean in a film that was 2+ hours long, the n word was intricate to the already intense plot and the film would have been ruined without it? Haha. Lies.
You really don't understand this film at all, do you?
Thanks for proving it.
Haha. Truth.
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joekiddlouischama — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 11:49 PM)
I remember my grandfather calling them colored instead of saying the n word flat out..
The NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People "colored," like "Negro," was not a slur in earlier generations. Of course, using those terms in recent times would make one seem ridiculous, but coming from an older man, they would not necessarily be signs of bigotry.
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DylansFearFiles — 10 years ago(January 21, 2016 07:33 AM)
You don't think that it was fitting for a man from the 1920s, a time ripe with racism and bigotry, to use the N-word? Your statement that it was nothing but a director (a very well respected and established director, mind you, writing with a highly respected author, based on another highly respect author's work) trying to insert his alleged racism into the film is preposterous. Even worse, it's stupid. You, Andrea, are a freaking idiot.
Necessary or not, I don't get butthurt when an African American calls a Caucasian American "cracker".
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