November 4, 201015 yr My final thought: It is easy to infer a racist messge from any artistic work produced 50-100 years ago or more. It takes a much higher level of thinking to see past the barrier of time in which it was produced and judge the work for what it is relative to its own era. I don't think many people would dispute that from an artistic or critical standpoint. However, one cannot ignore the social and cultural issues that come along with any artistic work. A movie like Birth of a Nation epitomizes this. The movie is considered groundbreaking and a technical masterpiece, but it's also flagrantly racist to the level of glorification. It would be disturbing to suggest that one should only speak of its artistic significance as one of the first motion pictures, but overlook and dismiss the content it was conveying because it was acceptable then. You have to take it as a whole.
November 4, 201015 yr There are lots of movies and books that are time based and representative of when they are trying to portray. The era that the movie is portraying was a racist time period. Should that be ignored so that the generations that follow are unaware of things that happened, or should it be as realistic as possible so that we remember the past and try to learn from it?
November 4, 201015 yr If people think "Song of the South" is racist. They must just love "Blazing Saddles".
November 4, 201015 yr If people think "Song of the South" is racist. They must just love "Blazing Saddles". Blazing Saddles was racial satire, I hope people aren't taking that movie literally.
November 5, 201015 yr Blazing Saddles was racial satire, I hope people aren't taking that movie literally. Song of the South was an antimated children's movie.
November 5, 201015 yr Song of the South was an antimated children's movie. I don't follow your reasoning.
November 5, 201015 yr If people think that Song of the South is racist....wait until they listen to Kanye West's music!
November 5, 201015 yr I don't follow your reasoning. My point is you can't relly take either one of them seriously. They weren't meant to be taken seriously. Their colloquial entertainment. One is a satire, the other is a child's movie.
November 5, 201015 yr My point is you can't relly take either one of them seriously. They weren't meant to be taken seriously. Their colloquial entertainment. One is a satire, the other is a child's movie. While satire is intended to be humorous, it's criticism is typically directed at something serious so I disagree that it should be overlooked. As to the children's movie, I do not believe it should be precluded from a critical eye simply because it is intended for children.
November 5, 201015 yr ^ I would contend that media intended for impressionable young minds deserves the sharpest and most focused criticism.
November 5, 201015 yr ^^^ While I still believe that racist claims about Song of the South are being blown wayyyyyy out of proportion and are not being placed in the time context that the film was made, i agree 100% with Getslow.
November 5, 201015 yr Author ^ I would contend that media intended for impressionable young minds deserves the sharpest and most focused criticism.Any opinion on the movie "Song of the South", Getslow? Do you see it as racist?
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