tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post6661517591368010862..comments2024-03-19T18:51:58.496-05:00Comments on Cultural Front: Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Playing in the DarkH. Rambsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862209871277442972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-53847807592168760222011-08-08T19:50:58.110-05:002011-08-08T19:50:58.110-05:00Glad to read this, as it confirms some thoughts/su...Glad to read this, as it confirms some thoughts/suspicions I had. I went to see this movie today as a matinee in hopes to avoid the usual throngs of moviegoers during a movies' premiere. As an African American man, privy to what history I do know on the subject of race and the negative corellations made between Blacks and primates, I really wanted to just watch an entertaining film belonging to a storied movie franchise,without searching for the racial undercurrent, but to no avail. Without spoiling the film too much for those who haven't seen it yet who may read this, I will say that there were other points other than the ones you've noted that gave me pause. There was the scene where the good doctor was walking in the park/woods with Caesar when a family walking their(barking)dog sees him and is startled. What's notable is that the dog is a German Shepherd, the same kind of dog used to attack Black Civil Rights freedomfighters during that era, not to mention a high powered water hose used as discipline on a caged Caesar in another scene, which also smacks of that kind of oppression of that time. I was conflicted watching the film, wondering if I was reading too much into a story of retribution, or a cleverly veiled summation of race relations between Blacks and Whites in this country.firms some thoughts/suspicions I had. I went to see this movie today as a matinee in hopes to avoid the usual throngs of moviegoers during a movies' premiere. As an African American man, privy to what history I do know on the subject of race and the negative corellations made between Blacks and primates, I really wanted to just watch an entertaining film belonging to a storied movie franchise,without searching for the racial undercurrent, but to no avail. Without spoiling the film too much for those who haven't seen it yet who may read this, I will say that there were other points other than the ones you've noted that gave me pause. There was the scene where the good doctor was walking in the park/woods with Caesar when a family walking their(barking)dog sees him and is startled. What's notable is that the dog is a German Shepherd, the same kind of dog used to attack Black Civil Rights freedomfighters during that era, not to mention a high powered water hose used as discipline on a caged Caesar in another scene, which also smacks of that kind of oppression of that time. I was conflicted watching the film, wondering if I was reading too much into a story of retribution, or a cleverly veiled summation of race relations between Blacks and Whites in this country.Olahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08857914700075595380noreply@blogger.com