tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post4747527040775383016..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 7. Broken BlossomsAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-29533834319221567282016-02-13T11:37:03.870-08:002016-02-13T11:37:03.870-08:00MMmm Reasonable comment Amanda, but i'm afraid...MMmm Reasonable comment Amanda, but i'm afraid I'm going to back Dessie on this.. Whilst never denying this is a racist film.. even by standards of the time .. I genuinely do not think Griffiths is a racist in his soul. Sheltered environment, mistaken, ill-informed, plain simple wrong .. sure, but with no intent to hurt, degrade.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-50140936389891862842016-02-12T09:40:14.756-08:002016-02-12T09:40:14.756-08:00Yeah, I read that he was surprised and hurt people...Yeah, I read that he was surprised and hurt people thought he was so racist. I bet his defense was "some of my best friends are black!"Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-59745893115676157402016-02-11T17:46:41.295-08:002016-02-11T17:46:41.295-08:00I don't think he was a bigot from what I'v...I don't think he was a bigot from what I've read, just that he didn't really have an opinion either way. The oppressed Klu Klux Klan, the helpless Yellow Man nicknamed Chinky - these things make great stories if you ignore the racist element.<br /><br />In part we can excuse him as being a product of his time, but I note that Birth of a Nation caused mass protests upon release so it's not just like a racial term which has fallen out of fashion now we're all older and wiser. Dessienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-83787274935084273362015-11-10T08:32:24.271-08:002015-11-10T08:32:24.271-08:00That's true! I guess we have to take what we ...That's true! I guess we have to take what we can get.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-10465453107345136272015-11-10T00:04:37.137-08:002015-11-10T00:04:37.137-08:00At least "The Yellow Man" is the hero of...At least "The Yellow Man" is the hero of the story. That is a big departure from his previous bigotry.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com