The Lunch Legend
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In 1933 the classical movie King Kong hit the theaters. In 2005 a relatively faithful remake, but with a more advanced set of visual technologies, made by Peter Jackson once again showed the aggressive, savage like natives of Skull Island sacrificing women to the big ape, and the big ape having an affection to a white women (an affection that he obviously never showed to the black native women which he usually ripped apart) and finally the big ape being chained and brought to New York where he could have a final show down with the airplanes.
Those who claim that the films are racist see the racism on two levels. One is the rather stereotyped image of the native people of the island, who are portrayed as very savage, nearly inhuman (in Jacksons version some have seen a resemblance with the orcs or Uruk hai of his LOTR films) and who sacrifices their own young girls to the beast. Some also see another level of racism where King Kong himself becomes a symbol of the super-potent and bestial black man who lusts for white women (while he trashes women of his own color). In the film one can see how the white men manages to subdue him and bring him into the civilization, but his wild nature is hard to tame and he breaks free and once again takes possession of the white woman. But in the end the white man manages to finally subdue the black male and win back the fair lady.
Some debaters have asked why Peter Jackson brings these old stereotypes to life again, does he not see the racism, does he not care, or does he maybe agree to the stereotypes. Or is there any racism's at all, in the 2005 movie? Maybe it is just a tribute to the old film and to fantasy and adventure in general? What is your opinion about this? Will the King of Kong end up cancelled ?
Those who claim that the films are racist see the racism on two levels. One is the rather stereotyped image of the native people of the island, who are portrayed as very savage, nearly inhuman (in Jacksons version some have seen a resemblance with the orcs or Uruk hai of his LOTR films) and who sacrifices their own young girls to the beast. Some also see another level of racism where King Kong himself becomes a symbol of the super-potent and bestial black man who lusts for white women (while he trashes women of his own color). In the film one can see how the white men manages to subdue him and bring him into the civilization, but his wild nature is hard to tame and he breaks free and once again takes possession of the white woman. But in the end the white man manages to finally subdue the black male and win back the fair lady.
Some debaters have asked why Peter Jackson brings these old stereotypes to life again, does he not see the racism, does he not care, or does he maybe agree to the stereotypes. Or is there any racism's at all, in the 2005 movie? Maybe it is just a tribute to the old film and to fantasy and adventure in general? What is your opinion about this? Will the King of Kong end up cancelled ?
