"Caps that cover their eyes"
“These malevolent miniature Mogwai are the most destructive and reflect negative African-American stereotypes. Soon after their unexpected birth, the pesky gremlins are devouring fried chicken with their hands… In some unexplained way, several of them have managed to acquire shades and caps that cover their eyes. Cigarettes droop from the corners of their mouths. They make haste to a tavern where they cannot get enough to drink. Here we see their love of music and their ability to break-dance.”
Patricia A. Turner accuses the film Gremlins of racial stereotyping, 1994.
March 20th, 2007
3:00 pm
It sounds like Patricia A. Turner is doing a spot of racial steryotyping herself.
March 20th, 2007
3:01 pm
And I can’t spell.
March 20th, 2007
4:11 pm
Patricia is reading far too much into the film. It is similar to the way that people thought the teletubbies were promoting homosexuality with one of the characters. Also the film ‘Happy Feet’ was accused of being extreme in it’s left wing messages! These people have too much time on their hands.
March 20th, 2007
4:18 pm
how did she know that the gremlins were african-american?
March 20th, 2007
4:22 pm
Their love of music and their ability to break-dance? If you’ve seen Gremlins it’s a wonderfully absurd paragraph, but to be fair on Turner I haven’t read this in context.
March 20th, 2007
5:55 pm
There is no one good with the surname Turner.
March 20th, 2007
6:45 pm
Is that there is no one good with the surname Turner or there is no one god with the surname Turner? I have to tweak my argument based on your reply.
March 20th, 2007
11:18 pm
Could I rephrase to: would you consider worshiping a turnip named God?
March 21st, 2007
12:31 am
I wouldn’t. But I bet those Afriacn-Americans would.
March 21st, 2007
12:32 am
And I can’t spell.
March 21st, 2007
3:47 am
What a load of old bollocks, they are Gremlins for christs sake!
March 21st, 2007
11:40 am
Who, African-Americans?
March 21st, 2007
6:20 pm
My Uncle, Aunt and cousins have the surname Turner and they’re great.
And I can’t spell
But neither can Gremlins -does that make me racist?
March 21st, 2007
11:48 pm
I would like a leftwing massage from a penguin. Where can I get one?
March 23rd, 2007
3:09 am
are turner and hooch rascist?