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‘Dunkirk’ review in USA Today warns ‘no lead actors of color’ in WWII-inspired film
Washington Times ^ | July 19, 2017 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 07/19/2017 11:59:40 AM PDT by rdl6989

A USA Today review of “Dunkirk” is under increased scrutiny from industry peers for warning viewers that it lacks women and minorities.

Social media ridicule followed the publishing of writer Brian Truitt’s reaction to director Christopher Nolan’s latest film, a World War II tale about Allied soldiers attempting to survive while pinned down by German adversaries. The columnist gave the film a glowing review while saying its lack of diversity “may rub some the wrong way.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: diversity; dunkirk; hollywood; militaryhistory; moviereview; multiculturalism; race; racism
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To: al_c
I think if you stop for a second and think about your question again, in light of the fact that it is liberal critics who are complaining, you'll find you already know the answer.

Never expect rationale or logical thinking to guide the Left.

Think what an idiot would do and you will never go wrong when anticipating what liberals will do an any given circumstance.

81 posted on 07/19/2017 1:02:55 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: Tennessee Nana
plus most black American soldiers during WWII were cooks etc...

Well this was a pretty good "cook".

Doris "Dorie" Miller. He was the one portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. in "Pearl Harbor."

82 posted on 07/19/2017 1:03:57 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BwanaNdege

Yours is perhaps the most illogical comment I’ve ever seen.

Stretching it to the extreme.

Great Escape was a completely made up movie.

I loved that movie when I was a kid, but it’s fiction inspired by an actual event.

Total fiction, none the less.


83 posted on 07/19/2017 1:04:34 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: llevrok

If there is a modern day basketball film, I trust Caucasian men and women will have demographic representation.


You mean like,..”White Men Can’t Jump”....that one?


84 posted on 07/19/2017 1:04:41 PM PDT by AFret.
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To: Joe 6-pack

“Imagine the outrage if all the Luftwaffe pilots in the film were black or hispanic.”

LOL. I was thinking the same thing. They could no longer make some of this South African or Zulu movies today without substantial artistic license.


85 posted on 07/19/2017 1:04:41 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: TADSLOS

Is that the same as Calais?


86 posted on 07/19/2017 1:05:26 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Bob434
"Bet there were no transgenders portrayed either- oh the horror"

I dunno:


87 posted on 07/19/2017 1:05:31 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
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To: rdl6989

97% on ‘Rotten Tomatoes’...dance, liberals...dance.


88 posted on 07/19/2017 1:05:41 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I always thought Burkhalter was Luftwaffe...

Klink had luftwaffe eagles on his breast...and burkhalter was his boss, no?

anyway/.what do I know...


89 posted on 07/19/2017 1:05:49 PM PDT by QualityMan (The Adults are back in town)
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To: colorado tanker

Werner Klemperer told them that he wouldn’t do the show unless the Nazis were made to be the buffoons in every episode.


90 posted on 07/19/2017 1:07:11 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Tennessee Nana

The man who played Corporal Le Beau (still alive!) was actually in a concentration camp as a child.


91 posted on 07/19/2017 1:07:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: dfwgator

in one episode, schultz was carrying a Thompson SMG..cracked me up.


92 posted on 07/19/2017 1:07:34 PM PDT by QualityMan (The Adults are back in town)
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To: ifinnegan

Calais is just SW of Dunkirk.


93 posted on 07/19/2017 1:09:46 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: QualityMan
The Wehrmacht (Military) was made up of the Heer (Army), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and Kriegsmarine (Navy) so a Heer general could theoretically supervise a Luft Stalag.
94 posted on 07/19/2017 1:10:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: OpusatFR
Just saw Spiderman and it is a fun story ruined by political correctness from the opening shot where the obligatory slam, White Privilege was raised to the rant about capitalism at the end.

What movie did you watch?

95 posted on 07/19/2017 1:10:27 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: dfwgator

Werner and a lot of the actors and execs were Jewish. They would never have played serious Nazis. Even so, there were still critics back in the day.


96 posted on 07/19/2017 1:11:02 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: rdl6989

Brian Truitt should make a revisionist “Dunkirk” where the U.S. military follows current affirmative action rules (women, gays, transgenders), current political correctness, and current procedures for acquiring weapons and vehicles.

The result would have been a different kind of “European union.”


97 posted on 07/19/2017 1:11:55 PM PDT by AZLiberty (A is now A once again.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I believe all the Nazis on HH were played by Jews, except for Col. Klink who was played by half-Jew Werner Klemperer, who I think was raised Lutheran. His father was the famous orchestra conductor.


98 posted on 07/19/2017 1:12:08 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: mowowie
there are certain movies that come out that i reallllly want to see like Dunkirk, the coming Churchill movie, the new Blade Runner even the Aliens movie from last month. The problem is i have ZERO desire to go to a movie theater to see them.

Yeah. Same here. I only go to the movies when my daughter wants to go. I enjoy taking her, But, these are kids movies and it's just a chance to spend time with my favorite person.

As far as movies I enjoy, I usually wait until they come out on BluRay. I've been looking forward to this one since I saw the trailer months ago.

99 posted on 07/19/2017 1:12:25 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Enchante

I have an idea; make all the Nazis black and queer.

Hitler could be played by Kevin Hart and 50 Cent could be Goring. Maybe Snoop Dog can be Goebbels.

Would the snowflakes like that?


100 posted on 07/19/2017 1:12:33 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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