Pirates of the Caribbean II and Racism
Actually, I'm quite tempted to go and watch PotC: Dead Man's Chest for a second time. A nearby multiplex is continuing to offer the movie in English. I just loved the complex, very fluid and ever changing constellation of characters. The way allies and enemies were continually being tossed into the air, only to find themselves in all sorts of new combinations and sometimes also equipped with a completely new set of motivations, is just amazing and clearly worth a second, more thorough analysis, if you ask me.
I'm a bloody fan girl, after all. One who possibly couldn't get enough of Norrington and Elizabeth, an Elizabeth who is in so many ways exactly like Jack. The amazing ships and sea monsters, Cutler Becket, Bootstrap Bill, Barbossa, the witch in the swamp…
Would I like to go, re-watch, enjoy, analyse and squee? Yes, anytime you want.
If it only weren't for the openly racist elements contained in the scenes at the cannibal island. I talked about this to Cavendish, and also, though rather briefly to aislingde when we met yesterday afternoon at a local town fair.
The cannibal island scenes kind of spoil the whole movie for me. Up to a point where I don't really wish to support crap like that by buying a second ticket, and where I've begun to ponder on Disney's history with racism. The portrayal of the Huns in Mulan. The portrayal of the Indians in Peter Pan. The mere existence of Pocahontas…
Damn.
Edited to add: Thankfully my f-list is small and perfectly gorgeous, and my LJ rather unknown, so I know I'm not going to end up on metafandom for an entry that is, at least between the lines, a musing about a personal boycott.
I'm a bloody fan girl, after all. One who possibly couldn't get enough of Norrington and Elizabeth, an Elizabeth who is in so many ways exactly like Jack. The amazing ships and sea monsters, Cutler Becket, Bootstrap Bill, Barbossa, the witch in the swamp…
Would I like to go, re-watch, enjoy, analyse and squee? Yes, anytime you want.
If it only weren't for the openly racist elements contained in the scenes at the cannibal island. I talked about this to Cavendish, and also, though rather briefly to aislingde when we met yesterday afternoon at a local town fair.
The cannibal island scenes kind of spoil the whole movie for me. Up to a point where I don't really wish to support crap like that by buying a second ticket, and where I've begun to ponder on Disney's history with racism. The portrayal of the Huns in Mulan. The portrayal of the Indians in Peter Pan. The mere existence of Pocahontas…
Damn.
Edited to add: Thankfully my f-list is small and perfectly gorgeous, and my LJ rather unknown, so I know I'm not going to end up on metafandom for an entry that is, at least between the lines, a musing about a personal boycott.