In Reply to: RE: "12 Years a Slave:" nothing very spectacular about the film, nothing posted by Billy Wonka on May 2, 2014 at 21:31:22:
"Mandingo" is in really poor taste.
The guy who thought it funny to mention, "Blazing Saddles," similarly was borderline, but he was trying for humor (I wonder if he'd humorously reference "Wet Hot American Summer" to "Shindler's List").
Edits: 05/03/14
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- I know you're just trying to be controversial, but in any sense comparing this to - tinear 08:43:02 05/03/14 (6)
- One reviewer referred to this as . . . - Billy Wonka 10:21:00 05/03/14 (5)
- It was an adaptation, not a copy. That's incidental, anyhow. My point stands, - tinear 09:45:23 05/04/14 (3)
- You gave no such reason . . . - Billy Wonka 13:11:09 05/04/14 (2)
- Willy, you need to reenter reality. YOU compared it to Mandingo. Exactly so. - tinear 14:04:35 05/05/14 (1)
- RE: Willy, you need to reenter reality. YOU compared it to Mandingo. Exactly so. - Bill the K 22:02:12 05/09/14 (0)
- I thought the story had the ring of truth about it - Road Warrior 15:26:18 05/03/14 (0)