Anybody remember that part in the movie where Dracula turned into a bat and flew into a hispanic family's window and they thought he was a black chicken? I guess they never saw a chicken before? I thought it was really funny when that spanish girl was pointing at the bat and said "a chicken!" LOL!
shareThat scene was very poor with dumb humor.
shareYes, I remember that part. But wasn't it a black family or some Jamaican family? I guess they didn't realize what it was and just assumed it was a chicken, considering that they were poor and starving.
shareThere's black people from Puerto Rico, so they were black Puerto Ricans that had moved to New York. It was just that they didn't know what to call bats in english, so they shouted out 'Black Chicken!" Yeah, that's one of my favorite scenes, it isn't to stupid at all. Don't be so afraid of being called racist, the scene isn't any more offensive than making fun of rednecks, gothics or fat people.
shareThere's black people everywhere genius. Travel and you will find black people in Ireland, Mexico, Germany and all other places.
shareIf your post is directed at me, I understand completely, I was trying to make the same point you made to another poster in a more sophisticated manner.
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Well, they just figured it was a chicken since they had never seen a bat before. Don't forget how hungry they were. But the humor there was they weren't afraid of Dracula as a bat.
shareI recall that scene and wish they now edit it. Didn't appreciate how they had to portray a minority family living in poverty. This scene was racist
shareThe movie pokes fun of people across the board, whatever their skin color or socioeconomic status. For instance, the beginning makes fun of Romanian Communists and then rural villagers.
shareIf a film is gonna poke fun at anyone, it should be the white person. Never do it to a minority. You should know better
shareThe movie's an AIP production and was marketed all around the world at the time of release and continues to be seen across the globe to this day via streaming (etc.), including of course many countries where Caucasians are the minority.
Besides, I noticed that minority actors like Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford had zero problem participating in the flick. No doubt because they have a sense of humor and don't see "racism" everywhere and anywhere like the real racists of today do.
If a film is gonna poke fun at anyone, it should be the white person. Never do it to a minority.