[digger48]

Pappas said it's not clear that the movie is intentionally racist, but it inappropriately projects Remus as a happy, laughing storyteller even though he's a plantation worker.

Are they saying it's absolutely impossible for anyone to have been "a happy, laughing storyteller even though he's a plantation worker."?

Even in servitude, I'd guess the children still giggled and played, and adults entertained them.

[Grizzled Bear]

Are they saying it's absolutely impossible for anyone to have been "a happy, laughing storyteller even though he's a plantation worker."?

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There is a book that speaks of being joyful in your circumstances. I don't think many Progressive Liberals are familiar with it.