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Did somebody notice the racist comments during the movie?

posted 13 years ago by jfoosterman
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For instance:
- The dialogue about which flavor is better, chocolate or vanille.
- The abbreviation R.A.V, which means Russians, Arabs and other villains.
- The words spoken by Robert Duvall, Well I think Christ himself would say. "Thats mighty white of you boys"
- The fact that the talked several times about shooting VC, Chinese or Panamese people.
- The few times that colored actors playing a part they always there to serve white people or to fulfill a negative character.

[–] nikolaus-kern 11 years ago

Are you for real?

What's racist about chocolate or vanille ice cream?

People went to wars and shot their enemies.

THe Robert Duvall guy is from another time, where using phrases like that was totally acceptable. He is just in-role.

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[–] RuthlessGoat 11 years ago

Good point and I'm sorry I missed these subtleties in my review. I think that these statements just were just consistent with the flow of the movie.

http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/21598/thank-you-for-smoking/

[–] lorddeseiz 11 years ago

Woohoo i win again.
Sorry, its one of my stupid minigames that before i come to a forum i bet there will be at least one racist this and racist that thread, and here we are
Racist this and racist that crybabies are so hilariously predictable and totally devoid of humor.

yes you are right this movie was very very serious in all of it, it wasnt ment to laugh with at all and its made and financed by the KKK, OEH NOES!!!!
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[–] dirkdiggler051 10 years ago

Old comment, just browsing, but -

Go home.

[–] EndOfRoad 10 years ago

It's a satire. Satire reflects on our reality. As long as people think in racial terms, they are prone to be reflected upon.

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