Avatar’ Director James Cameron at LAX airport
By WENNSunday, December 20, 2009
Suzy Amis, Director James Cameron’s wife, arriving at LAX airport to catch a flight Los Angeles.
December 20, 2009: 11:05 pm
This MOVIE IS A LIBERALS WET DREAM. THEY EVEN USE THE “SHOCK AND AWE” REFERENCE TO TIE THE EVIL MILITARY IN THE MOVIE TO THE U.S. MILITARY. JAMES CAMERON IS A LOSER! |
Steve Real |
December 20, 2009: 11:34 am
Avatar is a classic scenario you’ve seen in Hollywood epics from Dances With Wolves, Dune, District 9 and The Last Samurai, where a white guy manages to get himself accepted into a closed society of people of color and eventually becomes its most awesome member. If we think of Avatar and its ilk as white fantasies about race, what kinds of patterns do we see emerging in these fantasies? A white man who was one of the oppressors switches sides at the last minute, assimilating into the alien culture and becoming its savior. The whites realize this when they begin to assimilate into the “alien” cultures and see things from a new perspective. To purge their overwhelming sense of guilt, they switch sides, become “race traitors,” and fight against their old comrades. But then they go beyond assimilation and become leaders of the people they once oppressed. This is the essence of the white guilt fantasy, laid bare. It’s not just a wish to be absolved of the crimes whites have committed against people of color; it’s not just a wish to join the side of moral justice in battle. It’s a wish to lead people of color from the inside rather than from the (oppressive, white) outside. |
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