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Should The Superb Film Zulu Be Banned?
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Jackie@
13:14 Tue 26th Jun 2018
murray my late, very beloved Dad used to have it on TV....and then used to show his appreciation of it by falling asleep. If we tried to turn over he would wake up and insist that he was not asleep but "just resting my eyes and listening" So while I couldn't say that I have actually WATCHED it right through, I have certainly sat through it enough times to have an opinion :) I miss my Dad and would love to have him with us snoring through films again so thank you to this thread for reviving a happy memory.
It's an excellent film showing the exceptional bravery of the British forces against savagery. If anyone doesn't like it, don't watch it- it happened, it's history, get over it. If you want something genuinlye to campaign about, try campaigning about the fictionalising of history by trying to rewrite the past to conform to current politically-correct influences.
"It's an excellent film showing the exceptional bravery of the British forces against savagery. If anyone doesn't like it, don't watch it- it happened, it's history, get over it. If you want something genuinlye to campaign about, try campaigning about the fictionalising of history by trying to rewrite the past to conform to current politically-correct influences"
But that film DOES fictionalise history to a degree, as do most films based on historical events.... there are many reasons to defend it but factual accuracy is not one of them.
But that film DOES fictionalise history to a degree, as do most films based on historical events.... there are many reasons to defend it but factual accuracy is not one of them.
Seriously, though: I actually think there's a case to be made for thinking about whether films, books, etc, created in earlier times are ... what's the word... appropriate? -- for today. Certain comedy shows from the 1960s and '70s, etc, have clearly aged poorly, with the humour no longer so funny to modern eyes. I'd not advocate actual censorship, but it pays to be mindful of the environment in which something was created, and the message it sends out. A good "bad" example is The Birth of a Nation, which is a masterpiece of early cinema, let down only by its bizarre insistence that the KKK was somehow instrumental, in a good way, for the creation of the US.
I don't get why Zulu is a target, though. It always has seemed to me to be rather respectful of the Africans. Individually, they come across as equally brave, their cultural practices are respected, of course it features relatives of the historical Zulus -- and there's even one scene, at the beginning of the film, where one character disrespects the Zulu culture and is rapidly reprimanded (actually two, now that I think of it).
So I don't get the point of the 28 protesters at all. Maybe they haven't seen it.
I don't get why Zulu is a target, though. It always has seemed to me to be rather respectful of the Africans. Individually, they come across as equally brave, their cultural practices are respected, of course it features relatives of the historical Zulus -- and there's even one scene, at the beginning of the film, where one character disrespects the Zulu culture and is rapidly reprimanded (actually two, now that I think of it).
So I don't get the point of the 28 protesters at all. Maybe they haven't seen it.
/// There is no difference between not wanting ‘12 Years A Slave’ made and not wanting Zulu shown. ///
Of course there are more likely to create a division between the races. Black folk continue into the 21st century to bring up the past history of slavery, instead of burying it into the past along with all the other atrocities that have been committed in the past by all races.
Knowing that slavery is like a red rag to a bull to black people, we do not want certain film-makers to portray these event so has to fit in with their particular agenda.
You made the connection with the film Zulu, the difference being that white people have not carried their hatred of the Zulus over into the 21st century.
Nice to know however that you still quote my very popular threads from years past, doesn't this say something of you?
Of course there are more likely to create a division between the races. Black folk continue into the 21st century to bring up the past history of slavery, instead of burying it into the past along with all the other atrocities that have been committed in the past by all races.
Knowing that slavery is like a red rag to a bull to black people, we do not want certain film-makers to portray these event so has to fit in with their particular agenda.
You made the connection with the film Zulu, the difference being that white people have not carried their hatred of the Zulus over into the 21st century.
Nice to know however that you still quote my very popular threads from years past, doesn't this say something of you?
Don't know that the British ever "hated" the Zuus, did they?
Didn't Cetawayo roll up in London, full tribal gear("is that an assegai you've got in your...") for an audience with Queen Vicky causing English gentlewomen to swoon all across the kingdom?
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Didn't Cetawayo roll up in London, full tribal gear("is that an assegai you've got in your...") for an audience with Queen Vicky causing English gentlewomen to swoon all across the kingdom?
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