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> > >But I think that the movie did wrong to so many people in death row and
> > >in prisons by overlooking the race and class issue. And this is why I
> > >didn't like the movie. In my mind the movie (and also the film industry)
> > >is diminishing and underestimating the whole issue by portraying just the
> > >white side of the "problem". The movie doesn't even ask why there are so
> > >many people in prisons and death row? Why so many African Americans and
> > >Latinos? Why so many uneducated, drop outs, working class people? Why?
> > >Why to put money on prisons and police force? Why not to schools and
> > >education?
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> but isn't the fact that we're talking about it proof that the movie
> didn't overlook these issues? as i posted earlier, i believe that
> robbins is a reader response film maker. by this i mean that he presents
> a story and has the faith to allow his audience to come to their own
> conclusions. i'm sure robbins would be happy to know that we're
> discussing issues such as race and class BECAUSE of the film he made. i
> do believe that his point was to make all who viewed the film (no matter
> their stance on the death penalty) reconsider their views. had he gone
> the bleeding heart route, he'd have given us another innocent man on
> death row film, and we would've been left crying "the system doesn't
> work!" as he told the story however, we're left questioning not whether
> the system works, but the value of the system itself.
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> the revolution will not come about through art, but through people--who
> may be inspired by art. there's a difference and i believe that
> robbins is keenly aware of that difference.
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> Rand Bellavia
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> - Oscar Wilde
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