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This movie is a cartoon caricature of racism, and for the first 15 minutes I didn’t get it. Example after example of unresolved racist behavior had me squirming in my seat thinking “arty movie designed to make you uncomfortable”. But c’mon, this won an Academy Award, it can’t not resolve! I was not disappointed, once I settled in and accepted the rules: this was a grand exploration of the subject, intent on putting every well-developed character through intense challenges. And there are some beautiful responses. Check it out if you get a chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This movie is a cartoon caricature of racism, and for the first 15 minutes I didn’t get it. Example after example of unresolved racist behavior had me squirming in my seat thinking “arty movie designed to make you uncomfortable”. But c’mon, this won an Academy Award, it can’t not resolve! I was not disappointed, once … Continue reading 9.0 Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-only-cool-movies","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-2H","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1948,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2014\/9-0-leon-the-professional\/","url_meta":{"origin":167,"position":0},"title":"9.0 Leon: The Professional","author":"m","date":"October 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Where to start... you thought you liked Kick Ass?\u00a0 Ha, child's play compared to this... 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