Posted on 08/02/2008 9:47:20 AM PDT by Poopyhead
Let me get this straight...
‘Jar Jar Binks’ was presumably a ‘Black stereotype’ because he ‘spoke Black.’
The flip side is, of course, the question of whether or not any anthromorphic/non-human character is a ‘White stereotype’ because they ‘speak White.’
Is that about how it goes? So I guess every Pixar movie is filled to the BRIM with ‘White stereotypes.’ How about the ‘hillbilly truck’ in Cars? Guess there was no concern there either.
Only Black people can create Black characters. Otherwise its racist. Sounds good.
Only Hispanics can create Hispanic characters. Otherwise its racist. Sounds good.
Only Asians can create Asian characters. Otherwise its racist. Sounds good.
White people, well who gives a damn. They’re just typical racists. Sounds good.
LOL! Sometimes there is a lot in a (screen) name.
Wait - what’s the subtleness with Jar Jar? All I seemed to understand was that he was supposed to be funny, but instead wound up being one of the most annoying and hated movie characters of all time. Unless that was it...
My God, you have unraveled the plot. This ties in very neatly with my ‘Erkel rage’ theory I had been developing.
Obviously, they’re creating annoying ‘Black’ (Erkel doesn’t need the quotes, as he wasn’t computer generated) characters to drive us to racism!
About the only thing me and the thread starter agree on is that leftists are trying to manipulate us through the media.
OK, I get what he was getting at now...
I thought that it was referring to the lame attempts at disguising political messages (speaking of leftists manipulating their media and Star Wars) in Revenge of the Sith, or else Jar Jar’s motion to give the chancellor emergency power - and honestly, the first thing I thought of in that scene was not any parallel to American politics, but rather the way the Romans would give one man all kinds of power in time of war, and one of them didn’t step down when he was supposed to, and they wound up with their first emperor. Actually, that’s pretty much exactly what happened in the movie... a little bit of a tangent, but still somewhat relevant.
I saw this movie and thought the parts you describe leaped off the screen. They were very clumsy attempts to introduce moral dilemmas and character development to elementary-age children. When the doctor said it was okay to steal, I was relieved the children had a chance to work this through to a just conclusion. This whole segment was poorly written and could have been handled much better. Otherwise, I thought it worth seeing although a heavy topic for school children.
Give up your obsession with the “RACISM” nonsense, Poopy, as this is something you share with the moonbats!
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