Posted on 06/17/2024 8:35:28 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has turned on Black History Month and declared he “detests it.”
The Hollywood star known for his roles in The Shawshank Redemption and The Dark Knight trilogy made plain his antipathy in an interview, critically appraising the annual event that takes place every February across the country.
Freeman told Variety in an exchange with journalist Marta Balaga the very idea makes his “teeth itch” and he prefers the broader sweep of the entire arc of American history:
I detest it. The mere idea of it. You are going to give me the shortest month in a year? And you are going to celebrate ‘my’ history?! This whole idea makes my teeth itch. It’s not right.
My history is American history.
It’s the one thing in this world I am interested in, beyond making money, having a good time and getting enough sleep.
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“The NASA ‘hidden figures’ mythos is a pack of lies, exaggerations and pure fiction—and some folks around here have fallen for it.”
Totally. Total BS. DH was involved in some of NASA’s tangential companies, and that movie is a huge joke among the professional people. IT. NEVER. HAPPENED. Propaganda.
He’s right about this. There is no Greek History Month in the US and there doesn’t need to be
We are American and proud to be
On principle, I agree that Black History Month is not necessary. But several years ago I watched a fascinating TV show on Paul Revere Williams, the architect of several of my favorite buildings, and the show probably would not have aired if they had not been celebrating Black History Month.
The beautiful Rita Hayworth was the favorite of GIs during World War II. After divorcing her rich Arab husband, he offered her one million dollars to raise their daughter as a Muslim. She turned it down.
From Wikipedia:
“Nothing will make me give up Yasmin’s chance to live here in America among our precious freedoms and habits. While I respect the Moslem faith, and all other faiths, it is my earnest wish that my daughter be raised as a normal, healthy American girl in the Christian faith. There isn’t any amount of money in the entire world for which it is worth sacrificing this child’s privilege of living as a normal Christian girl here in the United States. There just isn’t anything else in the world that can compare with her sacred chance to do that. And I’m going to give it to Yasmin regardless of what it costs.”
My, has Hollywood changed.
I the past Morgan Freeman has said some of the worst things imaginable. Totally to the left. Maybe he woke up. But only time will tell.
Well, he did implicitly threaten Tea Leoni portraying an MSNBC reporter in “Deep Impact,” so you have to give him credit for that
Denzel Washington is conservative...also a Christian.
“Glory” one of my favorite films, Freeman was great in it.
You say Hollywood “has become” propagandized with respect to black heros.
Are you saying that the former portrayal of the American army and the American west in the past as all-white wasn’t propaganda?
I myself think John Wayne’s western movies are among the best, esp. those directed by John Ford. There are touching scenes in these movies about the relations among Indians and Americans, and northern and southern veterans of the civil war. These movies show the human soul as well as the scenic beauty of the west. But, they don’t show any black troops or black cowboys.
Speaking of director John Ford, his 1960 movie “Sergeant Rutledge” about a black soldier court-martialed for rape marked a change in Hollywood.
The 1997 two-part miniseries “Rough Riders” brings in the 10th (Colored) Cavalry Regiment, as well as the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (TR’s Rough Riders). It has lots of historical inaccuracies (practically all historical movies do). But, the miniseries tells a compelling and mostly true story, including many interesting vignettes about the personalities in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
The movie “Glory,” about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War, could be said to have been misleading because the 54th was a select unit, recruited from free men of color. They were relatively well-educated and entirely capable of performing as front-line infantry. In contrast, most colored troops were recruited ex-slaves. They were mostly garrison troops, quartermaster troops, orderlies, and such. Not the kind of front line infantry that can be ordered to charge well-prepared enemy positions.
Concerning females who acted as computers, the British have a movie, “The Imitation Game”, that has a focus on the role of female computers during WWII, in breaking the enigma code. As race wasn’t a factor in this, you may find that movie more appealing than “Hidden Figures”.
Historical movies often compromise accuracy to make their story compelling and to edit something much more complex into the confines of a movie. I refer you to the following documentary “Top Secret Rosies.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlKo680PYDs
The documentary suffers from some moralizing. And, it appears that working full-time at an important and well-paying job was both liberating and scary for many of these women.
Everything is propaganda—reflects the values of the writers and producers.
Sometimes the propaganda is all lies—sometime partial lies—sometimes a few lies sprinkled in with mostly truth.
The black (and LGBT) propaganda of the past decade or so has gotten blatant with extreme lying—getting to North Korea territory.
February may only have 28 or 29 days, but black history is celebrated for several days around Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, and of course we now also have Juneteenth.
Maybe Morgan Freeman's point is that all 12 months should be devoted to black history, not just one month.
Maybe Morgan Freeman’s point is that all 12 months should be devoted to black history, not just one month.
I agree with you about Hollywood’s woke agenda; and I think Hollywood - and Disney in particular - is paying for it.
Morgan Freeman is correct, of course, that black history (and black Americans) are woven through the history of our country, often in ways that are poorly recognized. Black History Month gives prominence to black Americans of historical significance, but it also tends to extract them and their accomplishments from their proper context, making for an unintended form of segregation.
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