General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Zany Clowny]

lmao

 

[Bobby Barrows]

i just read up on birth of a nation

President Woodrow Wilson watched it all the time in the white house.

 

[Zany Clowny]

Woodrow Wilson might be the stupidest man in history holy shit I hate him

 

[Zany Clowny]

called WW1 the war to end all wars like are you brain dead fuck

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Woodrow Wilson might be the stupidest man in history holy shit I hate him

It's worse cuz when I was younger I liked him but the older I got the more I just fucking despised him.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

It just...honestly still surprises me how openly racist america was(is). and the fact this film inspired the rebirth of the KKK while being a commercial success is pretty fucking terrifying

 

[Canadian Dragon]

like...god damn man. what the fuck

 

[Chris]

Woodrow Wilson might be the stupidest man in history holy shit I hate him

That's so harsh and yet I don't disagree

 

[Bobby Barrows]

For more historical context, Birth of a Nation was coming out right around the time the Lost Cause myth had begun to stranglehold Southern America, and the Daughters of the Confederacy had a lot to do with it, co-opting racist statues with public works like water fountains and etc. This in turn gave the Confederacy a more sympathetic look as the decades rolled on and now it's what we have today.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

I understand why Chris's teacher was like nah I suppose

 

[Canadian Dragon]

For more historical context, Birth of a Nation was coming out right around the time the Lost Cause myth had begun to stranglehold Southern America, and the Daughters of the Confederacy had a lot to do with it, co-opting racist statues with public works like water fountains and etc. This in turn gave the Confederacy a more sympathetic look as the decades rolled on and now it's what we have today.

so what your saying is it was essentially a propaganda film

 

[Chris]

I understand why Chris's teacher was like nah I suppose

It had a crazy impact on the film industry outside of the subject matter so it was impossible not to talk about it but yeah I'm not watching it ever

 

[Bobby Barrows]

It also doesn't help Birth of a Nation is in the Library of Congress toom

 

[Chris]

And it not only inspired the rebirth of the KKK but it gave them all their tropes, don't even think they had all the white hoods and shit before the movie bc I remember people bitching about the Django scene being inaccurate with them lol

 

[Canadian Dragon]

book by black ppl = burn . white films promoting the kkk = fuck yeah history