http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2005/12/15/thoughts-on-two-very-different-films/ politics, media, culture and life from a queer boricua in brooklyn Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:38:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2005/12/15/thoughts-on-two-very-different-films/#comment-37 Jack Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:13:11 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/?p=22#comment-37 I think I saw parts of the original when I was a kid, and had no analysis of it - I just thought it was weird and boring. Now I think the whole thing is weird, boring, <em>and</em> fucked up. And right on on your assessment of the implications for brown women and men. I think I saw parts of the original when I was a kid, and had no analysis of it - I just thought it was weird and boring. Now I think the whole thing is weird, boring, and fucked up. And right on on your assessment of the implications for brown women and men.

]]> http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2005/12/15/thoughts-on-two-very-different-films/#comment-36 brownfemipower Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:59:54 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/?p=22#comment-36 thanks for posting that about king kong...I remember seeing the 80's version as a kid and being grossed out because even then, i understood that the monkey was in love with the white woman and we're supposed to feel sad because the monkey can never consumate true love with the "perfect beauty"? i've heard that Jackson has tried to address some of these concerns by making the monkey and the girl "friends" instead of star crossed lovers, but still--monkeys are chasing white women for their beauty, what the hell is that supposed to mean for brown men, much less brown women??? we aren't even good enough for monkeys??? thanks for posting that about king kong…I remember seeing the 80’s version as a kid and being grossed out because even then, i understood that the monkey was in love with the white woman and we’re supposed to feel sad because the monkey can never consumate true love with the “perfect beauty”? i’ve heard that Jackson has tried to address some of these concerns by making the monkey and the girl “friends” instead of star crossed lovers, but still–monkeys are chasing white women for their beauty, what the hell is that supposed to mean for brown men, much less brown women??? we aren’t even good enough for monkeys???

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