Comments on: Adolf Glover

By: Mr. Steel

Mr. Steel — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:41:50 +0000

If were on to racism in Windtalkers, how about the fact that in the first half of the movie most of the white mid-western buzz-cut-sporting “heroes” spend a good few hours telling the Navajo guy that he looks just like a Nip.

And then, at a key point in the movie “Navajo Guy” realises that they are, in fact, CORRECT! He really, really DOES look like a slitty eyed Jap. And armed with this knowledge he takes the clothes off a Japanese soldier, walks calmly into their camp and NOBODY BATS A SLANTY EYELID! He looks exactly like them! Amazing! Even the Japanese are fooled by this Native American guy standing 4 feet away.

He then becomes best of friends with all the white marine guys, who knew best all along. They stop just short of saying “See, you really can’t tell the difference between your lot” but it’s there, hanging in the air, unspoken.

By: Rhinestone Choirboy

Rhinestone Choirboy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:13:31 +0000

Pete and Andrew, it looks suspiciously like you’re trying to have a debate on here, so stop it at once! Not to mention the gratuitous use of wikipedia and petulance. And that it’s not even clear what the fuck you’re arguing about.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:35:47 +0000

Hey Pete, I’ll give you one thing, I’ve never seen Windtalkers. However, have you ever seen a poster, trailer, or movie cover of it? Usually they only picture one person: Nicholas Cage. If they picture two, the second guy is poorly lit and in the background. He’s also the top listed on IMDB cast credits. How could he not be the hero, with that press package?

Even if you won’t allow that, I would like to compliment your “Native Americans, they’re all the same to me” view. Despite the Navajo nation being the second largest Indian tribe with more than double the population of the Chippewa, despite the Navajo nation being located in Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona and much closer to Hollywood than the Chippewa of the Great Lakes region in terms of accessibility, I’m sure they tried real hard to get an authentic actor before giving up on it and just grabbing the first Native American passing by.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:00:20 +0000

Maybe they could incorporate this issue into the parental advice stuff on the back of DVDs:

This movie contains strong language, scenes of a sexual nature and no less than 8 positive portrayals of minority characters.

This movie has been rated X due to the scene where the white cop takes a bullet for his black partner, who goes on to save the city from a Texan-born, Republican evil genius.

Or something.

By: Charles Exford, Oxton

Charles Exford, Oxton — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:03:00 +0000

Could I just say that I always hated Clive Lloyd, but only because his head was bigger than the Shepherds Bush Empire?

By: setyourfacestostunned

setyourfacestostunned — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:02:06 +0000

Or a big cunt.

“Bank”

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:35:41 +0000

Not quite sure what Andrew is trying to say here
(see “Windtalkers” with Nicholas Cage playing the Navajo hero).
Not the film I remember, the main protagonist & hero was Private Ben Yahzee played by Adam Beach. A quick IMDB tells us that Adam Beach is of the Objiwa nation ( Chippewa). Not Navajo, I’ll admit, but definitely native American.

Which to my mind makes Andrew a typical HYS non-fact checking, knee jerk reacting platypuses perineum.

By: Joe C

Joe C — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:12:01 +0000

Girard Hughley is a red-faced loon.

His mother told me so.

By: kill jill

kill jill — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:21:26 +0000

Nigga please you think a black man can’t do shit in hollywood woithout gettin his ass hauled dwon to the station you trippin fool.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:36:37 +0000

Is it acceptable, for example, for a Chinese jewess to make a film about a British moslem man, set in Africa, with an Indian hero (SPOILER: who saves the day, kills the bad guy, defuses the bomb, and shags the girl) funded by whites?

No. You need an Indian villain too. Only Bollywood gives sufficient eyebrow-training to pull off a script like that.