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ShogunRua wrote:

Stewball wrote:if you listen to the writer-director David Mamet who came out of the lib closet not long ago.

And who has been ruthlessly punished for it. Great example. (sarcasm)

You miss the point; They're there, and sometimes they and their works manage to shine through. Yeah, condemn the injustice, but is that all there is?

BTW, I thought this was interesting:

That's Eugene Allen, the real butler (who was promoted to Mait're d'Hotel under Reagan), whose story had so little resemblance to the movie version they had to give him another name; and who had only one son (who went to Vietnam and returned), and a wife who wasn't an unfaithful alcoholic. He declined offers to turn his story into a book.

As with all such "based on actual events" films, that doesn't mean what ends up on the screen is a lie--of course that doesn't mean it isn't either, or as in this case, both.

Stewball wrote:if you listen to the writer-director David Mamet who came out of the lib closet not long ago.

And who has been ruthlessly punished for it. Great example. (sarcasm)

Stewball wrote: 42 also this year was well done,

Sure, if simple-minded, historically inaccurate, black-and-white pandering is your thing.

ShogunRua wrote:Come on, man. A Hollywood film about the violent racism blacks suffer? You're aware that Hollywood is a bunch of extreme, hypocritical liberals, right? What else were you expecting with a movie on that subject? You're like Charlie Brown with the football...

Yeah, I know, it's loaded with Nasis, but I don't think Hollywood is as rotten to the core as the loudmouths make it seem, particularly Directors, if you listen to the writer-director David Mamet who came out of the lib closet not long ago. As far as movies about race, The Help was spot on, and you can tell it was because the left hated it, including academia which even got in on the kicking spree--while the prudish right wing sat on their hands. 42 also this year was well done, and Black Snake Moan, though not focused that much on race, was excellent, even though nobody's seen it. As righteous as the poster for it was, it sent the wrong message.

And just as Johnson's fascist left was taking over in the late 60's, they had two good ones for their day come out: In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, both of which were mentioned, negatively, in The Butler, although I agree with them that Poitier is pfwt. Last but not least, bridging the pretty much silent Hollywood gulf between then and now, there was A Soldier's Story.