Did anybody else laugh when the cops got on the train and straight away started to rough up the black guy?
Back in 1967 it was a cutting edge comment on institutional racism, but today it was just comedic.
Great film though.
The sad thing is, it would probably happen today.
Who was the ad wizard who came up with this one?
I saw this with my dad and he was laughing so hard at this part. I was too young to get it.
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Yeah, I think it's still a valid critique on law enforcement, even 40 years later. I'm not saying it's always the case, but it happens a lot more than it should.
Some people probably laughed a little even when the movie came out just because it EXPLOITED institutional racism.
shareAll poor to middle income NY'ers need to get on their hands and knees and thank Gulianni for cleaning up the City. For the rich, NY has always been one of the safest places to live, but those who could not afford taking a taxi had to take the subway and you always had to be wary of a gang of kids.
I used to live in the City in the mid to late 70's and I worked as a bodyguard and I still had to be alert. It is funny, but Bobby (the coward who played the soldier) was a bartender and one of the regular patrons was getting beat up outside on the sidewalk by thugs on pills and Bobbly locked the door so no one would go out and get hurt trying to help. I was not there, but that is what several friends told me. Funny but you would think that after doing the film Bobby would lead the way.
i f-cking loled at this when i saw it.
share45 years later it's just the opposite. Cops have to tiptoe around anybody who's not a straight, white male because of the political correctness commies.
shareOh yeah straight white guys are the real victims in society. Moron.
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No, I didn't laugh. In fact, it was one of the more disturbing parts of the movie. You're the clown if you laugh at something like that after having sat through and watched this whole movie.
shareI did not laugh at all.
It is racism and it's happening today, the cops have the same attitude towards black people 40 years later.
I was really mad at those cops. Especially how racist they were for roughing him up!
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