I thought the story had the ring of truth about it

Posted by Road Warrior (A) on May 3, 2014 at 15:26:18

In Reply to: One reviewer referred to this as . . . posted by Billy Wonka on May 3, 2014 at 10:21:00:

It may well not have been 100% reflective of the vast majority of slave's experiences, i.e., a well respected black man living in the north tricked and then kidnapped and sold into slavery. However, if my passage into Heaven were determined by whether I chose correctly as to the truthfulness of Northrup's story, I'd choose truth. Maybe I'd be wrong, but like I said, it had the ring and feel of truth about it.

I don't see story telling of a sad moment in a nation's history, i.e., slavery, jewish persecution, burning of witches, beheading of "heretics", etc., as promoting discord. To the contrary, showing the horrors of those actions to the current generation should help raise awareness of what wrongs can be wrought by prejudice and ignorance. Just my $.02 and probably very poorly said....

Oh yeah, in the interest of promoting the harmony thing, I couldn't agree more about Gravity? Fun? Yeah. Academy Awards? WTF????

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Topic - "12 Years a Slave:" nothing very spectacular about the film, nothing - tinear 07:34:26 05/01/14 (19)

Haven't seen that but The Butler sucked NT - Jazz Inmate 10:30:54 05/11/14 (0)

RE: "12 Years a Slave:" nothing very spectacular about the film, nothing - Billy Wonka 21:31:22 05/02/14 (7)

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)

From yer subject line I was expecting a "pan" - Road Warrior 17:04:22 05/01/14 (1)

She's studying American History so she was in attendance. She closed her eyes - tinear 18:40:20 05/01/14 (0)

RE: "12 Years a Slave:" nothing very spectacular about the film, nothing - Demo 14:24:48 05/01/14 (1)

A good film, yes, but it didn't have the same impact for the stated reasons. nt - tinear 18:41:16 05/01/14 (0)

Where have you ever seen... - mkuller 12:34:10 05/01/14 (5)

RE: Where have you ever seen... - Bill the K 10:15:24 05/03/14 (0)

Never. I think I made that clear. It breathed verisimilitude. And a little reflection - tinear 18:48:51 05/01/14 (0)

Blazing Saddles. Nt - geoffkait 15:08:27 05/01/14 (1)

LOL! Next... - mkuller 15:20:01 05/01/14 (0)

Django - geoff 14:09:13 05/01/14 (0)

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