Yet Another Oppressed Minority- Page 2
Yet Another Oppressed Minority
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#25The Albino Code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:28pm
Wow...I would think y'all would have more sympathy. Especially since you get angry over the media representation of gay people, black people, women.
What, exactly, is the difference?
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Joined: 12/31/69
#26The Albino Code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:35pm
"Powder" was not an Albino. According to the story, there has never been a positive portrayal of an Albino in film.
I thought the Albino in "Pricess Bride" could be described as sympathetic. Sure he's an executioner, but he's a kindly exceutioner.
Updated On: 5/17/06 at 01:35 PM
#27The Albino Code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:37pm
I'm a straight white male. I guess I don't have to show sympathy. Good.
*blushing*
#28the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:41pmbut touch, aren't all white guys funny looking?
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touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#29the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:44pmNo, they just all look the same.
#30the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:46pmIn what recent films have African Americans (or other minorities) been portrayed as unfairly evil?
#32the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 1:59pmI said unfairly....hahaha.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#33the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 2:16pm
Actually...I think the guy has a point.
I can tell you that my entire opinion of albinos was shaped by seeing FOUL PLAY at the age of six. Whitey Jackson (the character's actual name) freaked my sh*t out...and I'm terrified by albinos now.
You can't imagine the horror I felt when I saw an albino walking towards me and waving. I turned around to make sure he wasn't waving at me...and he wasn't. He was waving at his albino twin brother. TOTAL FREAKOUT.
#34the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 2:24pm
I feel that clowns are also oppressed by the movie "It". I'm terribly scared of clowns.
In all seriousness, I have never noticed this "evil albino" trend. However, when I see someone that is an albino, I do everything in my power not to look longer than I would at a normal person. I feel that the thought process there is in fact treating them differently. Which is something that I feel badly about in hindsight.
That being said, I think that the core issue here is hypersensitivity.
#35the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 2:33pmspeaking of foul play, robbie, the first thing that came into my head when i saw this thread was burgess meredith's voice saying, "beware the midgets, they're takin' over the world."
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#36the albino code
Posted: 5/17/06 at 2:39pmBut where are the films that have characters with albinism who are just people living their lives? Is it really being hypersensitive when so many films use characters with albinism as villians or oddities? It's understandable to want to see a balance.
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