Posted on 01/12/2005 3:53:45 PM PST by Cool Chick
“Million Dollar Baby’s” Multi-Million Dollar Rip-Off
By Debbie Schlussel
“Million Dollar Baby” will win the Academy Awards.
Not because it’s the Best Picture. But because it’s Hollywood’s best political propaganda of the year. More effective than “Fahrenheit 911.”
Think “Baby” is about Rocky in a sports-bra—as it’s being marketed? You’ve fallen for the “Million Dollar” lie. What it’s really about, has nothing to do with Rocky Balboa or boxing. That’s just the cover story to suck movie-goers in for a nefarious message.
“Baby”—which has critics gushing all over each other—is a two-hour, twenty-minute exercise in subtle and then not-so-subtle left-wing diatribe.
If you plan to see the movie and don’t want to read a spoiler, stop here.
If you want to know the truth and save your ten bucks, keep reading.
“Million Dollar Baby” will win the Oscar because it supports killing the handicapped, literally putting their lights out.
It features legendary Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood, as its director and star. For roughly the first half, viewers are tricked – thinking they are watching a movie about a champion boxer in the making, who just happens to be female.
Even those who find women’s sports to be freakish sideshows of little interest, are rooting for Maggie Fitzgerald (Hillary Swank) to overcome her trailer- trash background and become women’s Welterweight champion of the world.
But they’ve been defrauded, manipulated into what appears to be “The Champ” with estrogen, but is really a promotional ad for the Netherland’s euthanasia policy. Movie critics—most of whom are complicit in this deception—only hint at this “unexpected, surprise twist.”
(Excerpt) Read more at debbieschlussel.com ...
FMCDH(BITS)
Nice catch!
Sounds like a ripoff of Of Mice and Men, without literary merit. I'll take the tip and pass on this one.
Its a boxing-snuff film. Wow, clint does it again. After being a molly-coddler of sean "where's my gun?" penn in mystic river, now this. Makes me want to get rid of my "Man with no name" trilogy.
Cool Snatch, Cool Chick!!
I guess these people learned nothing about Hitler or WWII.
I figured ole "Dirty Harry" has turned into Little Nancy ever since he's been chillin with his left pals.
***because it supports killing the handicapped, literally putting their lights out. ***
If obesity is a handicap would Michael Moore be first in line?
What is the definition of "handicap"?
I can't remember which freeper, but someone posted their own review/warning about this movie recently.
Apparently there is also a HUGE amount of gore also.
Her initial head injuryis bloody and gruesome, the injured leg that is vividly amputated after showing a near explosion of nasty pus and dead tissue, etc.
The whole thing sound horrible.
The entire reason for this movie will cease to exist when the cure to paralyzation is invented...
And so will the propaganda part...
Anything the beautiful people want it to be.
You have the shoe on the wrong foot! Hollywood has learned the lesson very well from Nazi Propaganda films that the genre works. Just like "Cider House Rules", "$MM Baby" is slick propaganda from start to finish.
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