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Started by hooplala, August 08, 2012, 05:44:44 PM

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hooplala

#15
August 08, 2012, 08:25:22 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on August 08, 2012, 07:17:34 PM
If you're gonna do Blaxploitation, for God's sake, do it right.

Black Belt Jones is quite possible the finest cinema in American history.

I'm starting with movies I know and either love and/or hate, but I will add that to the list... I had never heard of it before.  Should I be embarrassed?
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Very well then I contradict myself,
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The Good Reverend Roger

#16
August 08, 2012, 09:27:07 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on August 08, 2012, 08:25:22 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on August 08, 2012, 07:17:34 PM
If you're gonna do Blaxploitation, for God's sake, do it right.

Black Belt Jones is quite possible the finest cinema in American history.

I'm starting with movies I know and either love and/or hate, but I will add that to the list... I had never heard of it before.  Should I be embarrassed?

Look it up.  It's a GEM.
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hooplala

#17
August 08, 2012, 09:28:29 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on August 08, 2012, 09:27:07 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on August 08, 2012, 08:25:22 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on August 08, 2012, 07:17:34 PM
If you're gonna do Blaxploitation, for God's sake, do it right.

Black Belt Jones is quite possible the finest cinema in American history.

I'm starting with movies I know and either love and/or hate, but I will add that to the list... I had never heard of it before.  Should I be embarrassed?

Look it up.  It's a GEM.

Will do!  Thanks Roger.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Mangrove

#18
August 10, 2012, 05:55:51 PM
Hoops,

Go for it. You're an intelligent dude and can write well. Anyone who reads your review(s) and gets all white-guilty, 'OMG this is Racist!' is probably too stupid to be reading your review in the first place.

Reviewing Blaxploitation films is no different than writing about Kung-fu movies. It's just a movie genre. I have family and good friends from Hong Kong, they never had a problem with me them. Quite the opposite in fact, I used to trade movies with one of my Asian work colleagues. It was something fun to talk about over lunch.

There's no reason why black movie goers wouldn't enjoy or be interested in what you write. Hell, unless you have a 'I'm white and CANADIAN' disclaimer on your reviews, you don't know what people will assume about your skin colour.

Mang'



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hooplala

#19
August 10, 2012, 08:10:56 PM
Yeah, I pretty much always fully intended to go ahead anyway, I was just curious if there was a faction who thought it was somehow taboo.  Also, they're video reviews, so it's pretty clear I'm a big ol' honkie.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Bu🤠ns

#20
August 10, 2012, 10:12:22 PM
I think the only "THAT'S RACIST!" you'll get is if you somehow advocate the way films perpetuate negative stereotypes for African Americans.  Maybe you might want to acknowledge that point of view right away for more sensitive readers.

hooplala

#21
August 10, 2012, 10:13:21 PM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on August 10, 2012, 10:12:22 PM
I think the only "THAT'S RACIST!" you'll get is if you somehow advocate the way films perpetuate negative stereotypes for African Americans.  Maybe you might want to acknowledge that point of view right away for more sensitive readers.

Agree completely.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Juana

#22
August 10, 2012, 11:00:42 PM
Yeah, mention that you realize its exploitative and you should be good, I think.
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#23
August 11, 2012, 02:24:55 AM
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hooplala

#24
September 05, 2012, 07:00:47 PM
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman
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