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 Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:10 am
has anybody seen the movie ghost dog? there's a scene in it where they're trying to describe who the 'ghost dog' character is, and they use the N-word repeatedly. i found that scene to be really funny, but the white friends i was watching it with didn't. they got uncomfortable and didn't want to see the rest of the movie. i turned it off, but was kinda disappointed cos i wanted to watch the rest of it.
has anyone else been in a situation like that?
then i remembered watching 'goodfellas' and how they used the N-word several times in that movie. no one asked if i wanted to turn it off, i just got questioning looks as to see if i was ok with hearing the word. people are funny i guess...
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:48 am
I haven't seen those movies, in each movie, do white or black characters use the word?
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:11 pm
I've seen both movies
I watched ghost dog by myself numerous times and have encouraged my white friends to watch it as well, I think it's a very good movie, but anywho
I remember the scene your talking about, and it doesn't really bother me, in the movies "most" of the time when they're depicting some "Mob" type Italians they use alot of racial slurs, not just towards black people but towards almost every other race.
But yes I have been in situations when a movie has used the N word alot while im in a predominately white crowd, It wasn't to awkward I think all of my close friends know not to use it around me, but it's silly to think they omit it from certain things like rap lyrics and direct movie quotes..etc.
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:08 am
apiyo I haven't seen those movies, in each movie, do white or black characters use the word?
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:17 am
Teh Secsi I've seen both movies I watched ghost dog by myself numerous times and have encouraged my white friends to watch it as well, I think it's a very good movie, but anywho I remember the scene your talking about, and it doesn't really bother me, in the movies "most" of the time when they're depicting some "Mob" type Italians they use alot of racial slurs, not just towards black people but towards almost every other race. But yes I have been in situations when a movie has used the N word alot while im in a predominately white crowd, It wasn't to awkward I think all of my close friends know not to use it around me, but it's silly to think they omit it from certain things like rap lyrics and direct movie quotes..etc.
it's not that i thought my friends would use the word after seeing the movie. i thought it was weird that they asked me to stop the movie all together. it's like they didn't want to give the rest of the movie a chance cos of one word, which is dumb cos it's such a great film. like they were being overly cautious cos of the word. instead of stopping the movie cos they were uncomfortable, they could've asked if i was uncomfortable, you know. it kinda makes me want to stop their activity the next time an offensive word comes up...
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:27 pm
lunamoon999 Teh Secsi I've seen both movies I watched ghost dog by myself numerous times and have encouraged my white friends to watch it as well, I think it's a very good movie, but anywho I remember the scene your talking about, and it doesn't really bother me, in the movies "most" of the time when they're depicting some "Mob" type Italians they use alot of racial slurs, not just towards black people but towards almost every other race. But yes I have been in situations when a movie has used the N word alot while im in a predominately white crowd, It wasn't to awkward I think all of my close friends know not to use it around me, but it's silly to think they omit it from certain things like rap lyrics and direct movie quotes..etc.
it's not that i thought my friends would use the word after seeing the movie. i thought it was weird that they asked me to stop the movie all together. it's like they didn't want to give the rest of the movie a chance cos of one word, which is dumb cos it's such a great film. like they were being overly cautious cos of the word. instead of stopping the movie cos they were uncomfortable, they could've asked if i was uncomfortable, you know. it kinda makes me want to stop their activity the next time an offensive word comes up...I think I have to many favorite scenes, most of them are when he's conversing with his French best friend, going over his principles and beliefs, and when he's interacting with the little girl, and of course I love all the bad a** ways he kills people biggrin But yeah I think it's strange to stop a movie just because of one happening of a racial slur, which in todays movies they run quite rampant, to my recollection that was one of the only scenes in which it was thrown around so loosely, I think they could have been trying to be to sensitive toward your feelings, or didn't want to seem like the tolerate the word, But idk these people personally so I guess it would be something for you to decide on. smile
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