Night of the Living Dead
yerfriend
this back.
I've seen this movie several times; impressive considering the times.
The ridiculous
negroid 'hero' of the movie is the only part that ever makes me
cringe. His acting
at one point is hilarious and hard to watch. The rest of the cast do
a very convincing
job.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead
A few high points from wiki:
"On its release in 1968, Night of the Living Dead was strongly
criticized for its explicit content, but in 1999, the Library of
Congress placed it on the National Film Registry as a film deemed
"historically, culturally or aesthetically important".[3]"
Fifty bux says it was because of the negroid being in the movie.
"The lead role of Ben was played by unknown stage actor Duane Jones."
Unknown for good reason.
" His performance depicted Ben as a "comparatively calm and
resourceful Negro", according to a contemporary (1969) movie reviewer.
[27] Casting Jones as the hero was, in 1968, potentially
controversial. At the time, it was not typical for a black man to be
the hero of a film the cast of which included white actors and
actresses. Social commentators saw that casting as significant; on the
other hand, Romero said that Jones "simply gave the best audition"."
Which of course begs the question: Who/what else read for the part?
" After Night of the Living Dead, he co-starred in Ganja and Hess
(1973), Vampires (1986), Negatives (1988) and To Die For (1989) before
his death in 1988.[29] Despite his other film roles, Jones worried
that people only recognized him as Ben."
Didn't see these other blockbusters, but I can understand his concern.
"Russo and Romero revised the screenplay while filming. Karl Hardman
attributed the edits to lead actor Duane Jones:
“ The script had been written with the character Ben as a rather
simple truck driver. His dialogue was that of a lower class /
uneducated person. Duane Jones was a very well educated man [and he]
simply refused to do the role as it was written. As I recall, I
believe that Duane himself upgraded his own dialogue to reflect how he
felt the character should present himself.""
This was his big mistake. He is clearly not comfortable or believable
in that role and it shows.
Like the old saying about writers, "write what you know," Jones
should've acted more like
what he was. Only good actors can portray what they're not, and
Jones wouldn't pass for
a high school play actor. I notice the same with Eddie Murphy and
lots of other negroes.
Eddie Murphy was great being the jive-talking street nigger, because
that's what he
knows. When he tries to switch to smooth & sophisticated, he's hoot,
but not in
the way he intends.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Jones
"He died of cardiopulmonary arrest in 1988. Up until his death, he
proclaimed that he had never watched any of the other 'dead' films,
nor any other George Romero picture, claiming that Night of the Living
Dead was 'his' time."
Many a liberal puke who loves everything black should learn something
from this. Typical, but they ain't known
for being good learners to begin with.
"Although zombie cannibals were inspired by Matheson's I Am Legend,
film historian Robin Wood sees the flesh-eating scenes of Night of the
Living Dead as a late-1960s critique of American capitalism. Wood
asserts that the zombies represent capitalists, and "cannibalism
represents the ultimate in possessiveness, hence the logical end of
human relations under capitalism." He argues that the zombies' victims
symbolized the repression of "the Other" in bourgeoisie American
society, namely civil rights activists, feminists, homosexuals and
counterculturalists in general"
Don't ya love it when pukes go on and on like this. LOL! Always some
_deep_ meaning
behind things. Then again, without putting out this kind of blather,
this clown film historian
would not have much to do would he. These same clucks tell us Sammy
Davis Jr.
was singing about drugs in Candy Man, that Horse With No Name was
about heroin,
and Brand New Key was about sex, which is all complete bullshit. The
people who wrote
the songs say otherwise.
"While some critics dismissed Romero's film because of the graphic
scenes, writer R. H. W. Dillard claimed that the "open-eyed detailing"
of taboo heightened the film's success. He asks, "What girl has not,
at one time or another, wished to kill her mother? ""
Gee, girls sometimes want to kill their mothers? News to me.
It was a silly, but scary, movie, with a ridiculous negroid who
couldn't act being the
only negative. It was nothing more.
David Oberman
>"Although zombie cannibals were inspired by Matheson's I Am Legend,
>film historian Robin Wood sees the flesh-eating scenes of Night of the
>Living Dead as a late-1960s critique of American capitalism. Wood
>asserts that the zombies represent capitalists, and "cannibalism
>represents the ultimate in possessiveness, hence the logical end of
>human relations under capitalism." He argues that the zombies' victims
>symbolized the repression of "the Other" in bourgeoisie American
>society, namely civil rights activists, feminists, homosexuals and
>counterculturalists in general"
Robin Wood has built a lucrative career out of this horseshit
nonsense, so it wouldn't make much sense if I were to assert that his
entire life is a late-1960s critique of American capitalism.
Everywhere I turn -- liner notes on Criterion DVDs, filmzines,
newspapers -- there's Robin Wood, thinking Deep Thoughts, all the
while never actually providing any genuine insight into any film
anywhere, at any time.
Since the capitalists haven't managed to eat him, maybe a zombie will.
One can hope.
____
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reaffirm my belief that it is perfectly fine as long as it is inaudible.
-- Charles Rosen, "The Classical Style"
MrBuddwing
word "negroid"?
bod
"MrBuddwing" <MrBud...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Why, oh why did you feel the need to respond to a poster who uses the
> word "negroid"?
i know what you mean, the poster is clearly lacking in any cultural
awareness and is clearly trying to inflame people by using such a word.
if he had any real enlightenment and a realisation of modern day
intergration would have used the word "sambo" which is much more amusing.
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moviePig
> Why, oh why did you feel the need to respond to a poster who uses the
> word "negroid"?
(That's "poster-oid"...)
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Ubiquitous
>I've seen this movie several times; impressive considering the times.
>The ridiculous negroid 'hero' of the movie is the only part that ever
>makes me cringe.
Yeah, funny how it turned out his ideas about what to do turned out
to be the right ones. Also, it was rather ironic how it ended.
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for them, it's failing.
Buttscratcher
"MrBuddwing" <MrBud...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> word "negroid"?
Yes, I find that offensive.
I would have preferred nigger, jigaboo, spearchucker, coon, junglebunny or
sambo.
Anything but negroid.
bod
"Buttscratcher" <bu...@scratcher.invalid> wrote in message
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everyones a joker....
Buttscratcher
"bod" <glass...@ble.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Buttscratcher" <bu...@scratcher.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hcikem$86a$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> "MrBuddwing" <MrBud...@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:7a72948b-7e4c-47c6...@o10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
>>> Why, oh why did you feel the need to respond to a poster who uses the
>>> word "negroid"?
>>
>> Yes, I find that offensive.
>> I would have preferred nigger, jigaboo, spearchucker, coon, junglebunny or
>> sambo.
>> Anything but negroid.
>>
>
> everyones a joker....
I forgot to mention porchmonkey and spade.
My apologies to the group...
MrBuddwing
50%. Not to worry, good white people - you won't be a minority, just a
pluraity. But it should liven things up.
Ubiquitous
I wonder what the race pimps will do to drum up business so they
don't have to get real jobs and take personal responsibility?
Anim8rFSK
<7a72948b-7e4c-47c6...@o10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
MrBuddwing <MrBud...@aol.com> wrote:
> Why, oh why did you feel the need to respond to a poster who uses the
> word "negroid"?
You're right, therefore I shall not respond to you.
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It's the show 'Defiling Gravity' would be if DG had more regulars,
fewer abortions, worse writers, and no budget for lighting.
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Thanatos
>
> >I look forward to the day the white population of the USA dips below
> >50%. Not to worry, good white people - you won't be a minority, just a
> >pluraity. But it should liven things up.
Does the fact that they will no longer be minorities mean we'll get to
do away with minority set-asides, affirmative action and all the other
legal advantages currently given to minorities?
MrBuddwing
Maybe. Or maybe we'll have to do the same for non-majority whites.
(I'll bet there are at least a few takers.)
Captain Infinity
Anim8rFSK wrote:
>In article
><7a72948b-7e4c-47c6...@o10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
> MrBuddwing <MrBud...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Why, oh why did you feel the need to respond to a poster who uses the
>> word "negroid"?
>
>You're right, therefore I shall not respond to you.
That kind of self-indulgent cuteness works better when you keep it in
your head than when you put it in a response.
**
Captain Infinity
yerfriend
> yerfrien...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >I've seen this movie several times; impressive considering the times.
> >The ridiculous negroid 'hero' of the movie is the only part that ever
> >makes me cringe.
>
> Yeah, funny how it turned out his ideas about what to do turned out
> to be the right ones.
Yeah, I think it was by design.
>Also, it was rather ironic how it ended.
Po black man jest can't get ahead.
mikeos
There will always be minorities. By definition, if a minority becomes a
mojority - hey presto! the previous majority becomes - wait for it - a
minority.
Howard Brazee
>There will always be minorities. By definition, if a minority becomes a
>mojority - hey presto! the previous majority becomes - wait for it - a
>minority.
Although some people say laws designed to protect minorities apply to
women.
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than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
- James Madison
Eman
The largest benefactors of afirmitive action are, wait for it... white
women.
Population majority is meaningless. Wealth majority is the only
statistic that matters. To the owners of the majority of wealth,
everyone else is a minority.