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re: Watched Fruitvale Station This Weekend
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:05 pm to OBUDan
Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:05 pm to OBUDan
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It's a sad story all around, but I was impressed that the film didn't really play it off as a total puff piece for Oscar Grant. It depicts him as a frick-up trying to get his life in order (unsure how true this is as I've done little reading). It portrays a lot of Oscars flaws, including his temper, his drug abuse, etc. But it also shows his good qualities.
The director seems to portray it as a puff piece for Grant on many interviews.
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Posted on 7/22/13 at 1:09 pm to Dizz
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The director seems to portray it as a puff piece for Grant on many interviews.
He's obviously sympathetic toward him, and the film ends with a montage of Grant's family and a rally to support justice for him. The guy was racially profiled and murdered, after all.
But in the film itself, I thought it was an even take.
For instance, it portrays Grant calling a white cop a "bitch arse n****." Then the cop repeating this over and over. That is a story from the cop himself. I think things like that keep it from being a film that just portrays Grants as uber-victim.
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