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| Tweet Topic Started: May 22 2008, 09:32 AM (99 Views) | |
| Jazen | May 22 2008, 09:32 AM Post #1 |
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Just saw this one last night. Wow, suprisingly good. Denzel is back, and what can you say about Forest Whitaker? These guys are just captivating. The story is about a debate professor (Denzel) from a small black school in Wiley, Texas that leads his debate team throughout the country and eventually up against Harvard for the National Championship. Set in 1935, the tone of the movie (and debates) is geared toward racism and citizen disobedience. Denzel's debaters are mere high schoolers that go up against two white Harvard college students, and the coverage is sent via radio throughout the country. I'd give it an 8. aaronk2727 is going to love this one. :cheers: |
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| hoosierinhogville | May 22 2008, 11:46 AM Post #2 |
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Watched this past weekend, and thought it was very good. It is actually based on a true story. You are right Whittaker was great as usual. Also, for all those whining on the Political board about black people being racist because they are voting for Obama, I would suggest you watch this movie and a get a look at what racism really is. |
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| Jazen | May 22 2008, 12:35 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah, I did some reading up on this. Tolson's (Denzel) debate team actually went up against USC, not Harvard. USC was in fact the reigning champs, but nonetheless, the Wiley team was unable to call themselves victors because blacks were not truly considered to be a part of the debate society until after WWII. Tolson's debate team was very young and very talented, and taught to use their minds as weapons. A solid, powerful movie. |
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| brumdog44 | May 22 2008, 04:32 PM Post #4 |
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I do a debate unit in my Junior GT class and planned on viewing it to decide whether to show it next year. In terms of the actual debate, does it use an actual debate style? I had heard that it used a Lincoln/Douglas type of formal debate, but that it really went astray by having the debaters limited to using quotations from their sources. Is this an accurate or inaccurate analysis of what they do? |
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| Jazen | May 22 2008, 04:45 PM Post #5 |
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The film does use a Lincoln-Douglass style debate procedure, but the content of the debates are not entirely constricted to quotations of certain sources. In fact, the most powerful points from the debates are illuminated through the character's own experiences. Remember, these are black teenagers living in a heavily repressed 1930's Texas, and the tone of the film (and debates) is centered on Civil Disobedience. |
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