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    Blackkklansman

    Watched it, loved it. Read an interview with the real Ron Stallworth and he said that it wasn't hard for a black man to infiltrate the KKK, mainly due to the fact that "they weren't very bright". And that - unlike with most movies 'based on actual events' - 90% of what is portrayed in the film is accurate.

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    I've not seen Blackkklansman yet but Boots Riley's political critque both of the source material and of Spike Lee's artistic choices of it is worth reading.

    http://twitter.com/BootsRiley/status...75674447212544
    Last edited by Bizarre Löw Triangle; 27-08-2018, 10:02.

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      #3
      That perspective was definitely worth reading too - thanks, BLT. So I guess it has to be viewed at best as a work of semi-fiction after all.

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        [spoiler]I saw it last night. It was good but without the punches of the first scene and the last I think it would have felt just frothy. A tale of dedicated, moral policemen against a comedically drawn bad guys. It's beautifully shot but I do wonder about putting all the unsympathetic police actions into just one character.[/spoiler]

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          Originally posted by imp View Post
          That perspective was definitely worth reading too - thanks, BLT. So I guess it has to be viewed at best as a work of semi-fiction after all.
          It sounds a lot more like a whitewashing of the FBI's Cointelpro program than anything else.

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            #6
            Saw it last night and was disappointed. There were good lead and support performances but it was slow to the point of being plodding, lacked drama & tension and was just cartoony in places - including a Scooby Do ending.

            I expected a lot better from some superlative reviews and the trailer (I know, trailers lie).
            Last edited by Ray de Galles; 14-09-2018, 13:25.

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