tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post8013319863699342943..comments2024-03-14T23:42:44.959+01:00Comments on AFRO-EUROPE: Omar Sy Addresses Charges Of "Uncle Tom Racism" In French Comedy "Intouchables"Afro-Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-59508892178546519892013-09-01T04:16:00.341+02:002013-09-01T04:16:00.341+02:00I found a lot of stuff hokey in the traditional Fr...I found a lot of stuff hokey in the traditional French comedy way, but pretty evenly done, so there's a lot of eye-roll moments, but not scenes where my jaw dropped from the abject racism, just minimal instances of side-eye.Tanya Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252154111307589229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-45432593680749848152013-09-01T04:06:59.442+02:002013-09-01T04:06:59.442+02:00I just watched this movie, and for the record, I&#...I just watched this movie, and for the record, I'm a Chinese-Canadian woman, so the way I experience the world is vastly different than the way a Black (North) American would. I will give it a go, in terms of listing things this movie did or did not pull off.<br /><br />From hearing the premise, I was terrified of Driss turning into a "Magical Negro," and some moments (like him dancing to Earth Wind and Fire was a bit much,) did veer into that territory. <br /><br />That being said, the movie shows two people from two very different worlds meeting each other, and both helping each other out, from my interpretation. Driss's race is not mentioned (except for him looking like Barack Obama, which made my eyes roll,) and any mention of his being an ex-con was due to someone finding some weapons in his gym bag, after initially moving here from the banlieues. It was more a contrast in class experience, and personalities, I found.<br /><br />However, the movie was very VERY much about Driss. We learned the most about him: his living at his aunt's with a multitude of siblings, his struggles in finding a job, his backstory of being from Senegal, his protectiveness and lovefor his siblings and his newfound interest in art were all there. The white protagonist however, was sort of two-dimensional, you know he was once married, has an adopted daughter, was in a paragliding accident.<br /><br />Their interactions were never servant/master, and definitely developed into a very close friendship. His personality was rather brash and without filter, bordering on stereotypical, but his character was pretty well developed. And hell, I'm someone without much filter, and sound pretty crass myself.<br /><br />Also, I don't know about other people, but I found him gorgeous and don't know what's with all the clownish, stereotypical features comments about him.<br /><br />As previously mentioned, I don't experience the world in the same way, but I found this movie to be sweet,and not horrendously offensive, nor very covertly racist.Tanya Lamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252154111307589229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-7379161265793198572013-04-09T17:19:10.842+02:002013-04-09T17:19:10.842+02:00This movie "Intouchable" is not racist. ...This movie "Intouchable" is not racist. I am an African American women who enjoyed this film's heart felt HUMAN quality. Racist? No, I laughed and cried, BRAVO!lisbonfiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437223214357456483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-20729881823090916412013-01-21T00:15:09.266+01:002013-01-21T00:15:09.266+01:00After reading this article and as myself being a B...After reading this article and as myself being a Black woman in the dirty USA which I do have French/French-Canadian/French Creole descent and more stuff in my DNA, I wouldn't even dare look at this movie. I mean,... who... and who would laugh at one of the most darkest era in history of slavery? It's sick!ARWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-61959037073557939492013-01-20T21:06:03.991+01:002013-01-20T21:06:03.991+01:00The truth,What an ignorant BITCH.The truth,What an ignorant BITCH.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359447360271287227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-28403309509743878662012-06-24T17:03:15.114+02:002012-06-24T17:03:15.114+02:00This movie is racist as much as french society
, t...This movie is racist as much as french society<br />, they still have a long way to go regarding the US (even though th US is not perfect)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-57899588676932649422012-06-11T15:45:27.580+02:002012-06-11T15:45:27.580+02:00Because he is as silly as the African-Americans wh...Because he is as silly as the African-Americans who use the N word in their songs. And you're as ignorant as the Reverand Jesse Lee Peterson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-76277870198126004322012-06-11T14:32:14.865+02:002012-06-11T14:32:14.865+02:00No, I'm saying a white American because you...No, I'm saying a white American because you'd think a white person would be the LAST person to know what it's like to be a minority.<br /><br />White Americans know these roles and jokes in the movie are racist.<br /><br />Why doesn't the African?<br /><br />That's my point.truth2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/01742393873605338858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-25320271238936029702012-06-11T12:39:54.600+02:002012-06-11T12:39:54.600+02:00Truth2011: I just don't understand why you kee...Truth2011: I just don't understand why you keep saying that if a white american saw racism in this, then it surely must be there.<br />Are white americans the ultimate judges in what is racist and what is not? Have american experiences (black and white) more value than all the others in the world? <br /><br />Your comments are very much ethnocentric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-1157797110842747562012-06-10T19:10:19.795+02:002012-06-10T19:10:19.795+02:00Truth2011, let’s not start this cliché discussion....Truth2011, let’s not start this cliché discussion. You should know the jokes I’ve heard from white Dutch people about African-American rappers who call themselves Nig***.Afro-Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-20493459020919587912012-06-10T18:30:43.257+02:002012-06-10T18:30:43.257+02:00Blogger Sibo, I quoted him in this post.Blogger Sibo, I quoted him in this post.Afro-Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-11483082918410069242012-06-10T16:54:45.884+02:002012-06-10T16:54:45.884+02:00It has only been as recent as 2012 that I have see...It has only been as recent as 2012 that I have seen Blacks in French advertisements and now a primary role? Black French elation and of course the white jubilation in its box office success.Rainmanhttp://www.american-anglais-autres-langues.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-32346488892202070082012-06-10T16:49:21.114+02:002012-06-10T16:49:21.114+02:00Because he had a primary role nothing to with the ...Because he had a primary role nothing to with the character portrayed!Rainmanhttp://www.american-anglais-autres-langues.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-49912082092619367152012-06-10T16:17:57.836+02:002012-06-10T16:17:57.836+02:00I didn't call black people "apes."
...I didn't call black people "apes." <br /><br />Will the N word be deleted too? Sanza, isn't a black American and she's using that word.truth2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/01742393873605338858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-84395961071720870482012-06-10T16:06:19.439+02:002012-06-10T16:06:19.439+02:00Who told you that movie was popular through Blacks...Who told you that movie was popular through Blacks in France and Africa? <br />I 'm curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-78336120800915219132012-06-10T12:36:27.214+02:002012-06-10T12:36:27.214+02:00Hi Rainmain, thanks for the comment. But how is it...Hi Rainmain, thanks for the comment. But how is it possible that this film is so popular with black French people (in France and Africa)? By the way, I haven't seen the film, just the trailer.Afro-Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-61154697762300858322012-06-10T11:26:37.229+02:002012-06-10T11:26:37.229+02:00Rainmain
Black American living in France for the p...Rainmain<br />Black American living in France for the past 30 years and presently in a small village of 140+ inhabitants in the southwest of France (Peyrelongue Abos). Sterotypes abound but the one that struck me the most in the film was why was he shown stealing that egg? For once in my life, that sterotype of a Black American has a positive effect when I am more than often stopped by the police (Gendarme)? But why am I stopped in the first place even when dressed in my 3 piece pin stripped suit, white shirt and tie? Here it is called "délit de sale gueule", as the Police officer proudly explained to me and in the USA "profiling". The assumption once again I have stolen something i.e. the car I am driving! As for the positive effect? Once they see my papers and discover that I am an American, that stern official facial expression dissolves into a pleasant surprise smile and they begin to tell me about their vacation in Miami or Las Vegas and/or about their children's studies in some US university. Which I explain in far more detail and laced with my humor in my hopefully soon to be published book. Words of a Demented Wiseman: Equality is.....no longer being afraid of those who are paid to protect you......said the RainmanRainmainhttp://www.american-anglais-autres-langues.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-39455019673819768502012-06-10T11:15:55.002+02:002012-06-10T11:15:55.002+02:00It's clear that black people from France and t...It's clear that black people from France and the US have a different opinion about the film. And it's also clear that comments which describe black people as "apes" will be deleted.Afro-Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-10821496200975503412012-06-10T02:48:50.388+02:002012-06-10T02:48:50.388+02:00Judging from Americans who have seen it, I don'...Judging from Americans who have seen it, I don't think I have any interest to see it.<br /><br />A WHITE AMERICAN found one of the jokes offensive which says all you need to know about Sy selling his soul. One joke in the film had the guy in the wheelchair say that Sy looks like Obama when he's in a suit!<br /><br />Black Americans, please tell Afro-Europe that there's a stereotype all blacks look alike. I don't see anything funny about. Obama is a mixed-race black American and Sy is African. They're completely different, but not to the French writers can't tell the difference between someone dark and light skinned.<br /><br />These jokes aren't even cloaked in racism. They're obvious.truth2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/01742393873605338858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-78346308638013973872012-06-10T00:44:12.987+02:002012-06-10T00:44:12.987+02:00Darkest African with exaggerated facial features? ...Darkest African with exaggerated facial features? Truth, please stop. I've never seen a white, a black or an Asian person with “exaggerated” facial features. They just a have typical white, black or Asian facial features. <br /><br />And do yourself a favour, go see the film.Afro-Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-25461524619204116382012-06-09T19:49:57.985+02:002012-06-09T19:49:57.985+02:00Afro-Europe: Could you please delete the comments ...Afro-Europe: Could you please delete the comments were Sanza is using the N word. She is not a black American and her using that word is inappropriate.truth2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/01742393873605338858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-46418808694352647942012-06-09T19:41:14.524+02:002012-06-09T19:41:14.524+02:00So, I guess, because France doesn't have a his...So, I guess, because France doesn't have a history with racism (news to me), they can put an African in this stereotypical role?<br /><br />Why did they make the character darker for the movie?<br /><br />When I said ape, I was talking about his facial features. Would it be racist if a director casted a Jewish actor who had a hook nose? It would be tasteless. Why must do they always pick the darkest African with the most exaggerated facial features?<br /><br />This is what white Americans did with Buckwheat and Aunt Jemima? And about 5% of black Americans look like them but they used to only have super dark actors and actresses play these roles.truth2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/01742393873605338858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-61419334477688795382012-06-09T11:29:45.294+02:002012-06-09T11:29:45.294+02:00Truth2011, first off, there are black people who ...Truth2011, first off, there are black people who have seen the film and loved it. In that case I would ask myself how it’s possible that they don't find the film racist. Secondly, the fact that white Americans critics find the film racist has perhaps something to do with fact that the US has a history when it comes to putting black people in stereotypical racist roles. So if I was a white American who had to review this film I would think twice to look at this film from another perspective. <br /><br />And about the word "ape". I deleted a previous comment where the the word was used. the only reason why I didn't delete this comment is because I wanted others to respond it. The next time, the comment will be deleted.<br /><br />And on a personal note, I think I have to see the film. Maybe I’ll find out why this film is not as racist as it looks in the trailer.Afro-Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-65588173633386940692012-06-09T01:58:21.005+02:002012-06-09T01:58:21.005+02:00Azizi Powell: how would you feel if some European ...Azizi Powell: how would you feel if some European put a black American in a stereotypical /stock role as a help that looked just like Aunt Jemima?<br /><br />How would you feel if this character looked like a bad stereotype of black Americans? And talked like she never cracked open a book?<br /><br />Wouldn't you not criticize the European and the actress playing this racist role? I hope you would.truth2011https://www.blogger.com/profile/01742393873605338858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-63779709015616906772012-06-08T22:49:45.323+02:002012-06-08T22:49:45.323+02:00Ms Azizi Powell, thank you.
So far thruth2011 w...Ms Azizi Powell, thank you. <br /><br />So far thruth2011 was trying to make Afro-europeans think that monkey was black american vernacular with no racist connotation. <br /><br />Good to read people like you and thechicagovegetarian.<br /><br />thruth is a liar and an ignorant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com