i try not to be toooooo PC. But i cant help notice how Mr Hydes character seems to take on several black features, that were typical of the stereotype characters created in that era... especially the hair and the skin tone. It almost felt like watching one of those films where white people were made up to play black people to avoid using black performers.
I dunno... just an observation.
I think the summary for Dr. jekly and Mr. hide is so unfocused and disorganized. He proceeds to go and on about other "versions" of this film and doesn't even have enough focus to REVIEW THE FILM. I think it's funny that they let him write ON AND ON about irrelevant facts he knows about other versions of the film. Since he jammed the report full of useless information; how does that consistute as a proper review of the film? Yes, it's full of crap and upon careful examination of his review: it's so muddled with crap, it tries to be intellectual, but it falls flat on its face at the feet of his run-on sentences. Also, he's pretentious.
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That's what this film's about. DEVO! They had some really great tunes.
At any rate, this version is waaaaay better than another version I have seen with S. Tracy in the lead role.
I could tell after 5-10 minutes of this film that it's the best version of the story I've seen. This was made in 1930 or early 1931. Great classic horror/sci-fi era. The techniques used in this film are extremely good for the day. Even better than some films today!
Great performance by Mr. March. Very young here.
I don't care if he's white/pink/black/yellow/purple or DEVO. He's great!
i try not to be toooooo PC
Considering Hyde's messed up teeth, I'd say the character had anti-British overtones.
Starrbeat presents what's happening.
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So, are we all in agreement on this board that the African American population, though they may or may not share similarities in knowledge or personality, bare a striking resemblance to the devolved Cro-Magnon population...in the film?
I am not an animal
So, are we all in agreement on this board that the African American population, though they may or may not share similarities in knowledge or personality, bare a striking resemblance to the devolved Cro-Magnon population...in the film?
Hyde's appearance was meant to suggest Neanderthal man, not Cro-Magnon. Cro-Magnon people were the same species and subspecies as today's human population -- Homo sapiens sapiens. Take a Cro-Magnon man from 100,000 years ago, put him in a suit and tie, and he'd look no different from any guy on the street.
All the universe . . . or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?
I can see both arguments. Some Anthropologists of that era had rather unenlightened theories about non-Europeans being inferior.
The make-up does look 1930's-era caveman, but some of the Hyde scenes look as if they were lifted directly from "Birth of A Nation." That his skin does darken and his nose changes have the effect of making Hyde appear more ethnic.
It's hopefully an unfortunate coincidence.
It's also used to represent the age old symbolism of white being 'good' and black being 'evil.' For example, good magic and dark magic. Black cats are evil, etc etc etc.
It's represented elsewhere in the movie by the bird which is half black and half white, obviously symbolising that good and the evil should be bound together and not separated.
Never, never, never, never, never
not at all, the hair is mostly east asian, it's the nose that is completely black african.. the skin tone can be found in everyone. the eyes, I don't know what they are,just non-caucasian
yes , it's racist, not just overtone, you can do nothing about it..looking like that is a tragdy ,but if you are rich, you still can get anything you want.
No, it's not racist.
shareI don't think you meant it that way BUT some might interpret your observation as racist. I think they were trying to make Hyde look like a cave man. (Personally, I think he looks more like Bababooey if you know who that is.)
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Great reply FMFM. While you can't tell someone they shouldn't be seeing what they feel they are seeing, I think the idea of any racial stereotype here is absurd. It is just obvious that the look here is intended to be simian. I don't see any negroid look except for the wide nose, which is also representative of the gorilla, but in a very different manner. There is one closeup of Hyde in profile where this is very apparent. In this shot the hair on Hyde's head is similar in manner to that of King Kong, and the cranium has the distinctive sloping angle of the gorilla as well as the very short forehead.
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someone else thought Hyde looks like Jimmy Carter. Maybe who Hyde looks like tells us something about the beholder
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