tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post7709951273783212722..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Burroughs the conservative racistRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-47465528753099566362011-02-05T09:37:23.023-08:002011-02-05T09:37:23.023-08:00Wow, Burroughs, racist? I never knew...
(There...<a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/128/original/slowpoke_pokemon.gif?1238966917" rel="nofollow">Wow, Burroughs, racist? I never knew...</a><br /><br />(There's a meme for everything, no?)<br /><br />Anonymous:<br />The entire <i>King Kong</i> franchise is full of unfortunate implications. I mean, basically, Kong preys on unconscious white fears of black men being with white women, as demonstrated by Kong (an ape, a common racist symbol for black people) capturing (Read: raping) a blonde Faye Wray.<br /><br />dmarks:<br />Robert E. Howard's intro refers to Aryans, and there are descriptions of a "hawk-nosed Shemite [sic]" at several points, so yeah. Although I will say that at least Howard's Conan wore climate-appropriate clothing, something I can't really say about Schwarzenegger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1761244035771374542011-02-02T18:24:20.873-08:002011-02-02T18:24:20.873-08:00I wonder how Robert E. Howard would fair under suc...I wonder how Robert E. Howard would fair under such analysis.<br /><br />Anon: I think Rob blogged extensively about those King Kong natives.<br /><br />The ones in the earlier movie were like wild "savage" Africas.<br /><br />The newer movie made it much worse, I thought, making the natives seen less than human, and savage to the degree of being more like orcs.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-38869177424965103732011-02-02T07:45:11.832-08:002011-02-02T07:45:11.832-08:00Even the recent Peter Jackson remake of King Kong ...Even the recent Peter Jackson remake of King Kong paints the natives worse than the original (film). It stereotypes the natives with bones in their noses and as cannibalistic, the origninal film doesn't even go that far.<br /><br />Including the ridiculous fact that a blonde woman is a pauper that arouses a 40 foot gorilla/ape whom decides to keep her as his pet but only devours native brides seems a bit racist to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com