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Blind people protest Blindness
Only a months after the "controversy" that was Tropic Thunder and it's use of the the word "retard", a whole new complanit is being lodged with the movie Blindness.
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Blindness, opening today, is a movie based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago. The story is about how a city is struck by a virus that renders people blind. It follows a group of people banding together to overcome their situation and so on and so on.
The complaint is being lodged by The National Federation of the Blind becuase the film depicts the blind as "Incompetent, filthy, vicious, and depraved. Unable to do even the simplest things like dressing, bathing, and finding the bathroom." An annoucement made by the NFB stated that its members would protest at cinemas across the nation when the movie opens on October 3.
I just hope they all don't carpool together when they head to the theaters to protest. To be honest, I never even knew that there was a Federation for the Blind. But I guess in this day and age, any and every group has a Federation: Case in point, The National Federation of Flemish Giant Rabbit Breeders Inc. But like that old proverb goes, any press is good press, the NFB's attempts at protesting may only increase curiosity around the film and allow it to do better financially than if they didn't protest.
Go see the movie and tell me what you think, there is a very limited showing in my town, so it's going to be a while before I catch it. Its more than likey going to be whisked away out of the theaters here next week so it can make room for other opening films.
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Blindness, opening today, is a movie based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago. The story is about how a city is struck by a virus that renders people blind. It follows a group of people banding together to overcome their situation and so on and so on.
The complaint is being lodged by The National Federation of the Blind becuase the film depicts the blind as "Incompetent, filthy, vicious, and depraved. Unable to do even the simplest things like dressing, bathing, and finding the bathroom." An annoucement made by the NFB stated that its members would protest at cinemas across the nation when the movie opens on October 3.
I just hope they all don't carpool together when they head to the theaters to protest. To be honest, I never even knew that there was a Federation for the Blind. But I guess in this day and age, any and every group has a Federation: Case in point, The National Federation of Flemish Giant Rabbit Breeders Inc. But like that old proverb goes, any press is good press, the NFB's attempts at protesting may only increase curiosity around the film and allow it to do better financially than if they didn't protest.
Go see the movie and tell me what you think, there is a very limited showing in my town, so it's going to be a while before I catch it. Its more than likey going to be whisked away out of the theaters here next week so it can make room for other opening films.
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Permalink Reply by Chig Champa on -
Pipe down, Sally.
I don't see what any of your pseudo-diseases have to do with you stating the absolute obvious about a movie on a forum where everything you've said has already been pointed out in a much more eloquent way, but while we're on the topic of whining about make believe ailments, I have severe IFFIS.
That's right, I'm afflicted with Intolerance For Fucking Idiocy Syndrome.
You're making me break out in God damned hives.
Stop making my life harder, you motherfucking jerk off!! NOT COOL MAN!!
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Permalink Reply by PoopaPapaSanta on -
ADD is also another term for poor parenting.
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Permalink Reply by Biosaber on -
at this point i'll believe the poor parenting and second your one sick mother fucker chig if you really dont know how bad brain seizers forgetting your parents for 48 hours and almost fucking died because i have dam brain seizers that fuck up my life.
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Permalink Reply by Chig Champa on
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Put on your pillow-helmet, and I shall play for you the world's saddest song, on the world's smallest violin.
.....If only you had the attention span to listen to it....
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Permalink Reply by Biosaber on
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whatever man i give up it just wasting my life and this is the last message i reply to so good bye and good luck
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Permalink Reply by Chig Champa on
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Enjoy those brain seizures, my main man!!
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Permalink Reply by Scar on -
So, to get back on topic, I am sorry to any blind person that seems offended by this movie. I personal don't see anything in this movie that would relate to any emotional issue that I blind person would have, but becuase I am not blind, I can not judge.
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Permalink Reply by LoBetaPlus on -
Oh for godness sake! I haven't seen the movie but I did read the book. I personally disliked it because I thought the animosity between people started as soon as they became blind without sufficient reasoning and build-up.
I couldn't help myself to compare it to The Plague by Camus (a book that I absolutely loved) because both of them examined EXISTENTIALISM. This is isn't about blindness per se, as the plague wasn't about a plague. Camus, and Saramago were interested in investigating human nature by subjecting it to a society were the social structure is lost somehow. The protagonist in almost all such stories is the outsiders view, that's why she is the only one that can see. He doesn't put any values in seeing or to be blind.
So someone need to explain to the National Federation that blindness is the least pertinent point in the story...
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Permalink Reply by Nnie on -
More controversy? Okay, I'm sold. I thought it looked kind of interesting to begin with : )
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Permalink Reply by Dr.D on -
My god they are doing it AGEN?
Dont they get the point of STFA you dum shit's now one cares,Haw the fuck do people get OFFENDED by a movie???
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