(July 10, 2024 at 6:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Did it mention that it was Roosevelt and not Hitler who snubbed Owens after his Olympic wins?

Boru

They showed how Owens was snubbed by Hitler which is one of the versions of what happened. I know there are rumors or versions of history in which Hitler had a meeting with him, but they chose this one which seems plausible since they did have the “Aryans-only” policy.

And they mentioned at the end that he was snubbed by the White House.

(July 10, 2024 at 6:49 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:

(July 10, 2024 at 6:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Did it mention that it was Roosevelt and not Hitler who snubbed Owens after his Olympic wins?

Boru

They showed how Owens was snubbed by Hitler which is one of the versions of what happened. I know there are rumors or versions of history in which Hitler had a meeting with him, but they chose this one which seems plausible since they did have the “Aryans-only” policy.

And they mentioned at the end that he was snubbed by the White House.

Fair enough.

Boru

(July 9, 2024 at 7:34 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: This week, the Deep Hurting Project is back, if only for a little while, with Basmati Blues.

• Okay, this doesn't seem too Bollywood. Admittedly, I'm not that interested in Bollywood, but it's just a sappy song sung over footage of India, that turns into diagetic music that Brie Larson's listening to. Is the India footage and the tabla in the background supposed to make it Bollywood?
  
• Rice-9? So, does this mean that the rice is going to end the world?
  
• My God, the lip-sync in this is horrible.
  
  
  
  
• She just picked up that guitar, strummed it once, and then tossed it aside?
  
• You know what, Rest In Peace, Donald Sutherland. At least he had the opportunity to do other, better, films before snuffing it. 
  
• The wonders of Polari? They had to go to India to learn that? Couldn't they just listen to some Round the Horne?
  
• Dragging these savages out of the stone age. Goddammit, this is basically a white saviour movie, ins't it? 
  
• You know, I've had issues with phone batteries not charging. Sounds like you just need a replacement. Then again, since they're treating the whole nation like some backwater, finding a replacement might be an uphill battle. 
  
• Do they speak English? Yeah, they do. In fact, from what I've seen of Indian cinema, they tend to switch back and forth between English and whatever the local language (though it's usually Hindi) seemingly at random.
  
• This bitch is an agricultural scientist, and she doesn't know what a hoe is? 
  
• You've ranked your favourite weeds?
  
• Also, you don't know anyone else who like weeds? Try going to Kingston, I'm sure you'll find a bunch of people who like weeds. They just call them 'herbs'.
  
• Huh. The first Bollywood-sounding music in this movie comes 45 minutes in and it's obviously old. Before this, the closest we get is something that vaguely sounds like "Within You Without You" or maybe some sitar and tabla in the arrangement. Did the makers accidentally scare off any actual Bollywood-style composers?
  
• Rice-9 is sterile? And this lawyer needs to look through the fine print multiple times to figure out the implications of this? And Brie Larson, the woman who's apparently so up on her plant knowledge that she's ranked her favourite weeds, somehow doesn't see the problem here?
  
• Rice-9 is made by design? I'm sure there was a time when I would have considered it an extremely stupid lyric. Then Wish came out:
  
  
  
  
• The Greater Good?
  
  
  Seriously, I can't hear or even write that particular phrase without repeating it, even if I'm barely conscious. I even once wrote the phrase in a research paper and felt compelled to include a footnote that just repeated the phrase. Thankfully, they didn't bat an eye for some reason. And they built an entire fucking song around it. I repeated the phrase 16 times while the song played.
  
• You know, given the nature of Hinduism, is it offensive for the Indian to be singing a song about "If I had a Hundred Arms?"
  
• And is he actually going to explain that he knows that Rice-9 is sterile?
  
• Yep. She fucking knew this whole time. 
  
• You know, I thought that the cops couldn't do anything about this agricultural horseshit, but I guess framing him for some crime works as well.
  
• This song's using the word "obey" enough times that I'm half expecting Andre the Giant to pop up somehow. I know he'd been dead for over 20 years by the time they made this film, but still.
  
• Also, fuck you for injecting a Woody Guthrie song into this.
  

Later, either I'll find the time up in Door County to cover Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, or I'll cover it when I come back to Illinois.

I likee me some Brie Larson.

She keeps herself in shape.

The abs on her are to die for.

(July 10, 2024 at 6:49 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:

(July 10, 2024 at 6:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Did it mention that it was Roosevelt and not Hitler who snubbed Owens after his Olympic wins?

Boru

They showed how Owens was snubbed by Hitler which is one of the versions of what happened. I know there are rumors or versions of history in which Hitler had a meeting with him, but they chose this one which seems plausible since they did have the “Aryans-only” policy.

And they mentioned at the end that he was snubbed by the White House.

For the record, the truth behind the Hitler snub is a little complicated. On the first day, Hitler congratulated all of the German champions, but ONLY the Germans. The IOCC did not like this, and told him that he should either congratulate everyone regardless of their nation, or congratulate nobody. Hitler chose the latter option. Naturally, since Owens went on after that, Hitler congratulated nobody. All he got was a wave when he entered the radio booth.

That said, after the Olympics were over, FDR invited all the American gold medalists to the White House… well, all the white American gold medalists, anyway. Owens, who had won four gold medals, didn’t even get a message of congratulations. Later, he eventually said, “Hitler didn't snub me; it was our president who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.”

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