[PEN-L:33464] Re: The ideological implications of Scorcese's latest film

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

> Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>  > At 2:33 AM -0500 12/28/02, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> >  >I'd say the best thing about the movie from the standpoint
> >  >of how it would strike a politically untutored person is that
> >  >it raises a million questions.
> >
> >  Well said.
>
> One point about the film I haven't seen mentioned: and one doesn't have
> to see the film to make it. Say that you had not heard of the film
> before and just heard the title. What would be your first thought in
> response to the phrase "gangs of New York" in 2002? And of course that
> first thought is tipped upside down the minute you learn about the film
> at all.
>
> Carrol

The film sure reminds us what the term "race riot" meant until the 1960s.
--
Yoshie

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