I think we can get carried away with parsing out every little tidbit someone says, and make it a 425 post thread, when most haven't seen it.
I am sure Mr. Washington did not mean he was a literal slave, but because he is older, and lived a long time being from the black community, he has seen things that most of us haven't.
I was more appalled..or I guess appalled is not the correct word...I was more disgusted, that the left is doing major propaganda against the President, and mainly against the war, with this movie, and that is why the question was brought up about Moore's movie. Katie Couric is no longer the "perky" one. She is crude, and trying desperately to be a hard hitting journalist. She was confrontational...with who?....Denzel !! That is why he lashed out at her, and she quickly shot back a quick, cutting response, but with a Katie smile on her lips.
The thing to think about is THEY MEAN BUSINESS !! They will do anything to get the Bush Administration OUT. And in the meantime.....the Republicans are S-I-L-E-N-T.
Remember...1/2 of the U.S. population votes. Of that 1/2 , we are neck and neck in the poles. Of the 1/2 that pay attention to this like WE DO...is a very small number. So blockbuster movies and Hollywood stars on t.v. speak to the Jay Leno crowd that ONLY GET THEIR NEWS from that source. They are not reading FR, or listening to conservative talk radio...and for me, I sure wish the Bully Pulpit was used more, and the Republicans knew how to fight for this important cause.
THIS is what I took from the interview...not Denzil's saying he was a slave.
I didn't see the interview, so I probably shouldn't make any comments here. However, what I have read about this latest (Bush bashing) film from other sources makes me suspect that his comment was meant to deflect Katie Couric and prevent himself from being dragged into Bush bashing.
I could be wrong, but it doesn't seem to me that he would leap on that particular bandwagon, although most of Hollywood (and the NY television studios) would like him to do so.
"So blockbuster movies and Hollywood stars on t.v. speak to the Jay Leno crowd that ONLY GET THEIR NEWS from that source. They are not reading FR, or listening to conservative talk radio...and for me, I sure wish the Bully Pulpit was used more, and the Republicans knew how to fight for this important cause.
THIS is what I took from the interview...not Denzil's saying he was a slave."
Please, there are many who are not silent. We're just not as visible in the visual media because that visual media is biased due to it being owned and operated bythe leftie contigency. Our thoughts are loud among many in main stream America and the internet.