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re: 12 Years A Slave
Posted on 6/26/26 at 9:23 am to Hester Carries
Posted on 6/26/26 at 9:23 am to Hester Carries
A nazi is a nazi.
frick outta here with that "some were just regular old folks" bullshite.
frick outta here with that "some were just regular old folks" bullshite.
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Posted on 6/26/26 at 10:19 am to JasonDBlaha
quote:I'll say it once, if you're from the Woodlands, TX you ain't a Southern baw
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you ain’t a true Southern baw if you’ve never seen 12 years a slave
This post was edited on 6/26/26 at 10:23 am
Posted on 6/26/26 at 10:38 am to JasonDBlaha
Boomers see a movie like this and want to cut a check to blm and buy their mulatto grandson a new pair of jordans (his great grandfather was Italian)
Anyone under 40 that’s intelligent sees stuff like this and rolls their eyes and groans. What will happen to Hollywood when there are no more boomers to consume their slop? I guess we are already seeing this with how movie theaters are dying
Anyone under 40 that’s intelligent sees stuff like this and rolls their eyes and groans. What will happen to Hollywood when there are no more boomers to consume their slop? I guess we are already seeing this with how movie theaters are dying
Posted on 6/26/26 at 10:47 am to wesfau
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A nazi is a nazi.
frick outta here with that "some were just regular old folks" bullshite.
So an entire country was just pure evil for a random 10 year window one time? Was there something in the water or something? Like a zombie virus?
That worldview may feel good to hold, but it wont allow you to actually understand the world around you, given thats your goal.
Go back to reddit and comicbooks.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:10 am to Hester Carries
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So an entire country was just pure evil for a random 10 year window one time?
If you join the club and wave the flag, you're as guilty as the rest.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:11 am to JasonDBlaha
I watched this movie a while back and I thought it was fantastic.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:20 am to JasonDBlaha
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I mean Sue Eakin was a history professor at LSU@Alexandria
FTFY
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:26 am to Madking
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and should be for all American middle schoolers.
You’re a psychopath
We watched The Color Purple in middle school. Parents signed a waiver though.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:32 am to CatfishJohn
My ancestors owned slaves in the South and I'm a card carrying Republican.
I loved this movie and didn't feel it was woke or white guilt driven. I've heard it's very close to the source material (reinforced in this thread), but I haven't read the book.
I loved this movie and didn't feel it was woke or white guilt driven. I've heard it's very close to the source material (reinforced in this thread), but I haven't read the book.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:59 pm to JasonDBlaha
quote:I think it's worth pointing out that the director is not American. And his other major works have turned a very sharp eye on ugly realities of his home culture as well - not unfairly, I would argue.
Exactly dude that’s what I was thinking
It’s a film that has beautiful cinematography, a moving soundtrack, and immerses itself deep into Southern culture.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you ain’t a true Southern baw if you’ve never seen 12 years a slave
Posted on 6/26/26 at 2:04 pm to wesfau
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If you join the club and wave the flag, you're as guilty as the rest.
Who said normal people cant be guilty?
Posted on 6/26/26 at 3:18 pm to Kracka
quote:The book will take your breath away.
I watched this movie a while back and I thought it was fantastic.
I've always thought it was odd, too, that there has been no major action biopic made of Frederick Douglass.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 3:18 pm to CatfishJohn
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heard it's very close to the source material (reinforced in this thread), but I haven't read the book.
It’s probably around 90% true to the book
One thing they changed was that in reality, it was Northup’s attorney that rescued him, not Mr. Parker. Northup also got smallpox on the way to New Orleans which they decided not to show.
This post was edited on 6/26/26 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 6/26/26 at 3:38 pm to wesfau
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If you join the club and wave the flag, you're as guilty as the rest.
There are Nazis buried in Arlington. Nazis helped create NASA and the space program. Some guys just put their head down, worked and provided for their families.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 3:40 pm to CatfishJohn
We watched fiction too but presented as fiction. We watched historical stuff but our teacher always pointed out inaccuracies then after it was done he’d provide a list of things we could watch on our own that included things like 12YAS.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 6:09 pm to JasonDBlaha
I’ll catch it every couple years when it’s on one the movie channels.
It’s a fantastic movie. As far as white guilt goes, I feel sorry for Samuel Northup, but it’s not my job to clean up Edwin Epps’ mess 7 or 8 generations later.
It’s a fantastic movie. As far as white guilt goes, I feel sorry for Samuel Northup, but it’s not my job to clean up Edwin Epps’ mess 7 or 8 generations later.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 9:51 pm to Kracka
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I watched this movie a while back and I thought it was fantastic
Same, watched it one evening with zero expectations. Was blown away. Didn’t find it preachy or political, just a great historical drama.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:38 pm to Big Scrub TX
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This movie is great and the source material is must-read - and should be for all American middle schoolers.
LSU Press published the book.
LINK
Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:52 pm to GatorPA84
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Why is this movie so polarizing on this thread??? I thought it was fantastic!!
No idea man. It was my #2 film of 2013 and one of the better films of the 2010s by far.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:05 pm to Big Scrub TX
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The book will take your breath away.
I've always thought it was odd, too, that there has been no major action biopic made of Frederick Douglass.
Well, he largely taught himself to read, escaped to freedom, fought off would be kidnappers and became a leading proponent of abolition of slavery and equality for all, so some people would call a biopic of his life woke propaganda.
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