goodbye uncle tom

Yes, I realize that this post might bother some people. But I’m going to say it anyway…

A few minutes ago I published my review of Django Unchained. A movie that some have condemned as being “insensitive”, “racist”, “offensive”, and too many other epithets that are wildly, wildly wrong.

I will not only stand by what I’ve written about Django Unchained – that it’s not a film about slavery or even race at all but instead an epic quest to find one’s lost love – but I dare say that those who want to be upset about this movie… well, they don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.

I thought we as a people were beyond this already. Apparently not and Django Unchained is proving it. That there are some who apparently can’t be happy unless they’ve something to unfairly harp-on about being “racist” or whatever. Spike Lee ...

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