Comments on: Bringing Down The House (2003) http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2003/09/bringing-down-the-house-2003/ Sweet & Salty Movie Reviews! Tue, 03 May 2011 10:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: marisa http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2003/09/bringing-down-the-house-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-936 marisa Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=156#comment-936 yeah, I was shocked when even the previews looked offensive. However, I presume the Hollywood insiders think they are being so obvious in their stereotyping that they are therefore above being called racist. But frankly, I'm not persuaded. They still seem racist to me. And the Queen may be black, but that doesn't automatically disqualify her from being full of self hate towards her own race. (I won't even go into her homophobia issues.) But, the other movie that this reminded me of (and remember I only saw the previews and read your review) was Bullworth. Warren Beatty thought he was being so political and it just smacked of plain old racism to me. The down on his luck politician gets his groove back by sleeping with the black woman. I mean how many issues does that bring up alone? And then Beatty does all the same white boy-gone-homeboy posturing in an attempt to get a quick laugh. Packaging racism in slapstick doesn't really make it go down any easier for me. But no one in Hollywood, except for maybe Spike Lee (see Bamboozled), seems to be complaining. What gives? yeah, I was shocked when even the previews looked offensive.

However, I presume the Hollywood insiders think they are being so obvious in their stereotyping that they are therefore above being called racist. But frankly, I’m not persuaded. They still seem racist to me.

And the Queen may be black, but that doesn’t automatically disqualify her from being full of self hate towards her own race. (I won’t even go into her homophobia issues.)

But, the other movie that this reminded me of (and remember I only saw the previews and read your review) was Bullworth. Warren Beatty thought he was being so political and it just smacked of plain old racism to me. The down on his luck politician gets his groove back by sleeping with the black woman. I mean how many issues does that bring up alone? And then Beatty does all the same white boy-gone-homeboy posturing in an attempt to get a quick laugh.

Packaging racism in slapstick doesn’t really make it go down any easier for me. But no one in Hollywood, except for maybe Spike Lee (see Bamboozled), seems to be complaining. What gives?

]]> By: suzero http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2003/09/bringing-down-the-house-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-937 suzero Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=156#comment-937 I thought Queen Latifah was a lezzy? Is she a self-hating black homophobe? I thought Queen Latifah was a lezzy? Is she a self-hating black homophobe?

]]> By: weefselkweekje http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2003/09/bringing-down-the-house-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-938 weefselkweekje Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=156#comment-938 I see this in so many movies. Comedies that adress social issues and end up emphasizing them. Take "Shallow Hal" for instance. It talks about how you should look at somebody's personality, but all it does is make fun of fat people. "You're fat, but someone just might end up loving you anyway because you're a nice person". Same goes for "The Nutty Professor" btw... Has anyone here ever seen teen series like "Popular" btw? They do this with every social issue you can think of, every episode... I see this in so many movies. Comedies that adress social issues and end up emphasizing them. Take “Shallow Hal” for instance. It talks about how you should look at somebody’s personality, but all it does is make fun of fat people. “You’re fat, but someone just might end up loving you anyway because you’re a nice person”. Same goes for “The Nutty Professor” btw…

Has anyone here ever seen teen series like “Popular” btw? They do this with every social issue you can think of, every episode…

]]> By: reisneus http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2003/09/bringing-down-the-house-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-939 reisneus Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=156#comment-939 There's a fine line between 'a message' and 'a moralistic lecture'. But with these products there's nothing fine about it. There’s a fine line between ‘a message’ and ‘a moralistic lecture’. But with these products there’s nothing fine about it.

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