BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Wouldnt mind seeing this but The Vic's review not exactlly filling my todger with squealing glee.


Recent seppo history might want a wee word.

If anything, thats exactly what these drongos appear to be!

I felt similarly, although I didn't mind the Trump-quotes (though the scene where Stallworth said something to the effect of "America will never be stupid enough to elect someone like David Duke" should've gone), and I actually liked the use of the Charlottesville footage at the end, as a way to subvert the message that typical period race relations movies from Hollywood usually make, to show that despite whatever progress we've made as a country on that front, we're still a long way from being perfect. There are moment of subtlety in it, too, like the moment where the black waiter has to politely serve the klansmen at the country club, without Lee putting any more of a point on it, leaving it entirely up to us to perceive the inherent fucked-upness of the power dynamics of that scene.

I do agree that the characterizations of most of the klansmen depends too much on broad caricatures, not conveying the hidden insidiousness of racism, in the sense that any random, normal-seeming person you see could be in the Klan (as opposed to being a total psycho or an obese mouth-breathing loser), and the storytelling is a bit messy (like Ron's girlfriend disappearing for what feels like half the movie), but it's still direct and impactful enough with its messages that it can't help but hit a lot of them, enough to make up for the ones it misses, and still be a good movie in the end.

This thing dragged like fuck. So boring. Didnt help I watched it straight after "Do The Right Thing". Reminded me of aging rockers who keep playing their "cutting edge" stuff, and they can do it convincingly, but the spark of youth is gone.