tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post1210701047744257923..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 249. The Big SkyAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-59794186330213692662017-10-15T17:32:24.469-07:002017-10-15T17:32:24.469-07:00Well it's easier to ignore racist/sexist eleme...Well it's easier to ignore racist/sexist elements of these old movies when your race/sex is not the target. But I get what you mean , I try to be forgiving as well. I wish you weren't right about Jar-Jar Binks in blackface...but you nailed it.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-33836394356838179802017-10-08T18:48:00.684-07:002017-10-08T18:48:00.684-07:00Clift, eh? I was watching it thinking that he woul...Clift, eh? I was watching it thinking that he would have been the obvious fit for the role.<br /><br />I generally try to ignore outdated standards of political correctness, but there were a few bits here I was uncomfortable with. See for example the drunk Indian character who seems to have been played by Jar-Jar Binks in blackface. I think it was based on a book? In which case I can imagine that these issues would have had the space and format there to be explored with more subtlety, whereas in a film we just get a pair of good-looking cinema heroes barking "White people coming!!" when they demand a couple of dancing black guys get out of their path.Dessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172245410667624187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-21872316272956206882016-12-20T07:01:14.125-08:002016-12-20T07:01:14.125-08:00Well it is a pretty good reason.Well it is a pretty good reason.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-54916914724959368592016-12-08T01:26:58.944-08:002016-12-08T01:26:58.944-08:00I think the real reason for including this movie i...I think the real reason for including this movie is the presence of Kirk Douglass. There are no other valid reasons.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com