Harold Ramis said this was the most "politically incorrect" scene in the film. When clark gets off the freeway and goes through the slums and gets taken advantage of, I would think this is exactly what would have happened if he got off. Is it so wrong.
shareClark:
Yo Holmes.
What it is, Bro.
Ive taken a wrong turn in Kansas City and there was a reason i stopped stopping at stop lights. Me and all the other cars didnt wanna stop to say hello to all the bloods standing about.
shareWasn't that scene in EAST St. Louis? East St. Louis is a city in Illinois, directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. Like many larger industrial cities, it has been severely affected by loss of jobs in the restructuring of the railroad industry and de-industrialization of the Rust Belt in the second half of the 20th century.
The screenplay was written by the late John Hughes, based on his short story "Vacation '58" which appeared in National Lampoon magazine. Hughes has a history of not writing well for Black and Asian characters. Hughes wrote and directed "Sixteen Candles". The character of Long Duk Dong was criticized for being racially insensitive and offensive to Asians and others. Hughes also wrote and directed "The Breakfast Club". Actor Todd Bridges said he sat next to Hughes on a plane and discussed having a part in the movie. Bridges was later told by Hughes' business partner "we don't know how to write for Blacks".
Did you see a Torino with no wheels on it? My cousin Jackie was probably in there.
shareIt's a geographical error apparently.
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2009/05/setting_the_record_straight_ea.php
"They go over the [Poplar Street] bridge before it happens, so technically it would be in St. Louis," Ramis says of the scene in which Chase gets lost and prefaces his request for directions from the locals with an incomparably delivered "Excuse me, homes."share
Many a moviegoer has misattributed the scene to East St. Louis, including writers at the New York Times and the Hollywood Reporter. Not so St. Louis' own Steve Kratky, who called attention to the gaffe in a letter to the editor (see page 6).
"Nine out of ten people [in St. Louis] project their own image of East St. Louis onto the screen," says Ramis, a Washington University grad. "When I was in college, we used to go there to listen to music. It was always considered an edgy thing to do."
Ramis, who shot the "Excuse me, homes" bit on a Warner Bros. back lot in Hollywood, says he regrets having filmed it in the first place.
"I apologize for the whole scene," says Ramis. "I wouldn't think of doing a thing like that now. It was supposed to be about prejudice, when in fact it was prejudiced."
Ha, I recently visited St. Louis and I kind of jokingly thought it might happen to me but I figured these things don't happen as much anymore. Sure enough, I stopped the car for one minute and a dude shouted "HEY!" and chucked a bottle near me. I'm sure it was a freaky coincidence but I had that exact scene in mind right before it happened.
I notice your English gets better when you want something.share