Posted on 07/15/2006 7:26:24 AM PDT by StACase
Many believe political correctness is good. It keeps us in line. It reminds us that almost all segments of society should be treated with dignity and respect. A joke at the expense of someone’s gender, race or ethnic background has no place in movies today.
Of course, there are those who disagree, who believe political correctness is wrong, who feel that it only creates resentment toward the offended parties. A PC world is a world of oppression, they say, where freedom of speech is allowed in theory, but not in practice.
Personally, I’m not sure how I feel. Ideally, I’d like to straddle the line between both so as not to offend anyone.
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Yeah, Demolition Man really cuts into political correctness!
"A Boy And His Dog"?
'Team America: World Police' on list of 10 un-pc movies, ping
How about Chapelle or Chris Rock? ;-)
Hey, they'd *still* be better than Oprah.
Cheers!
The Quiet Man, with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
Made way back when men were men, and women were glad.
They were only pandering to the moviegoing public's correct distrust of the CESM's.
Cheers!
Great list.
I would also nominate any movie starring Charles Bronson.
I wonder why. :)
A commentary on a utopian society... Harlan Ellison HATED the ending that the writer, producers, and/or director added on... And Ellison is well known for his liberal leanings. Big supporter of Caeser Chavez. But I still like his fiction, and even enjoy his commentary, though I often disagree with it... He once made a statement that left a lasting impression on me... "You are NOT entitled to your opinion. You're entitled to your informed opinion."
As good as his writing is, I think that he may be the best editor ever, at least in his "Dangerous Visions" anthologies, if for no other reason than his introduction (to me, at least) of authors I had never heard of before.
Another excellent, and completely politically incorrect (made for TV) movie was "Harrison Burgeron," from the short story by Theodore Sturgeon. Frankly, I think that it owed quite a bit to Ira Levin's "This Perfect Day" as well. It starred Sean Astin.
Mark
Ha!! The Daredevil scene. Classic.
FOTFLMAO!!!
I had totally forgotten about that! All I could remember was "Send him to Detriot!"
Now I'm going to have to rent it again and watch when the kids are asleep...
You're right. Great comment.
Woody Allen is the quintessentially liberal politically correct film maker of all time... Every film Allen made gave the finger to red state values and beliefs... What "unPC" moment did you see in any of his films? I never saw one...
You may wish to reread my post.
As a side note, most people list High Noon as the best western, but I think that "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" was the best western ever made. At the end of the movie, it still breaks me up when Jimmy Stewart's character is blustering to the conductor on the train, and the conductor says, "Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance."
Adding to this list, Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" raised a few hackles, also. The PC crowd hates the U.S. and particularly the revolution, because there were so many heroes. I remember in the computer game "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego", in the tour of Canada, the travel guide says, "Canada got their independence the RIGHT way, by negotiation." This was obviously a statement that the United States had done it the WRONG way, by revolution. Interestingly enough, they had nothing bad to say about any of the Communist revolutions.
Eastwood left the reservation some time ago. "Million-Dollar Baby" was a PC shill job for euthanasia. Anyone who says it was about boxing is a few bricks shy of a full load.
I had planned on seeing it until I found out what it was actually about. I generally avoid any Eastwood movie after Heartbreak Ridge, and with a few exceptions, like Dirty Harry, find that his early ones haven't stood up very well over time.
"Crash"
Caddyshack:
-Hey Wang. This is a restricted club, so don't tell them that you're Jewish.
-Hey baby, you must of been something before electricity. You wanna earn $14 the hard way?
-I've sent boys younger than you to the electric chair. Didn't want to do it, but felt that I owed it to them.
-This is worst looking hat I ever saw. You buy a hat like this and you get a bowl of soup with it......oh, it looks good on you though.
Awesome movie. One of the funniest of all time IMHO.
I have been cracking up sitting here remembering that movie! Tatum O'Neal was my hero that year.
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