Posted by
Sue on Sunday, April 13, 2008 5:00:00 PM
I was watching Die Hard with a Vengence with Bruce Willis. This movie came out in l985 and I am sure it took a couple of years to put together before release. As I watched Bruce Willis as the "put upon white man" who has to do all of the dirty work the cops won't do try to save residents of New York it dawned on me. The movies and songs of the past thirty-forty years have been telling us precisely what was happing day to day, not only in America, but the world. Here we a white cop hated by his less than competent brothers and to make matters worse, hated by African Americans too. The African Americans are represented by Samuel L. Jackson, a great actor and I hope the "hate" he depicted was not real.
Those of us who have been shaking our heads for a long time trying to figure out where this country made a bad turn and is trying to make a worse turn now, need only go back to, oh, about l970 on in pictures to see not only what was becoming of this great country by people who hated it, but also who was responsible...they were, not us. That they have turned the tables to make us feel bad and guilty is our bad. We should know better. But, I'll write more later, right now I have to go Blockbusters and check out what it is that's available. Have lots of watching to do!!