tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post6465341757479868397..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Review: District NineJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-69082981334788876752009-09-18T11:49:29.736+00:002009-09-18T11:49:29.736+00:00I was interested to see the Nigerian thing but any...I was interested to see the Nigerian thing but any realistic portrayal of poverty will be uncomfortable and I saw this as part of that.<br /><br />Any drama that has strong racial elements (in this case simply the setting) without exploring the dirty side of that is propaganda not drama. So D9 did well on this I thought.<br /><br />My main complaint at the moment is that drama (sci-fi or no) seems to think that racism never existed. So, last night, I saw a re-run of a Dr Who episode set in the US in the 30's. Whatever other problems they may have had it was an example of society in perfect racial harmony. <br /><br />Completely unnecessary but also a missed trick as the alien enemy was the daleks whose own ideas of racial purity were being questioned. Their could have been an interesting extra layer... but no, it was all peace and love on that score.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-73475116442459766332009-09-18T07:05:56.010+00:002009-09-18T07:05:56.010+00:00I don't see the problem with the Nigerian thin...I don't see the problem with the Nigerian thing. They were portrayed as less than human, but were the white paramilitaries in the film not portrayed in a less than human way too? And then what is human...etc...etc<br /><br />I think the racial divide was delibarate, and I could see at as trying to test our mind of what we see as acceptable. Bottom line was, they were both seen as evil in the film.Stuart Clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16997549780297747630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-49474293772887169172009-09-17T00:40:14.991+00:002009-09-17T00:40:14.991+00:00I enjoyed and particularly liked the parallels wit...I enjoyed and particularly liked the parallels with apartheid South Africa and even Palestine.<br /><br />My one criticism was the portrayal of the Nigerian gangs - but this is hardly different from any other film portraying Africa.Benjamin Solahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657105522335752577noreply@blogger.com