jroos @ cc.helsinki.fi (Jonna E M Roos) @ INTERNET writes: >"...In the fabricated Matthew Pncelet, Robbins and Sarandon...ignore the racial politics of the >death penalty with its gross ower-representation of African Americans and Latino persons on the >nation's death rows and, particularly the outrageous over-representation of African Americans >on Lousiana's death row... The fabrications of the film "Dead Man Walking" expose Robbins' >and Sarandon's lack of understanding of the political and social issues >surrounding death as punishment." > >I found Farmer's critique relevant and so true. There are more prisons than schools and >governement is putting whole generation of African Americans and Latinos to prison. In doing >so, they just wipe the problem under their carpet. Was the author saying the film misrepresents death row because Poncelet is white? He wasn't supposed to be a literal composite of all prisoners, or even representative -- I remember reading in the press that he was a composite of the two or three real inmates the nun counseled before their deaths. If it wasn't Poncelet's race that the author objected to, what was the problem? I saw this film as a look at the death penalty through one specific case, and in that sense I thought it was a real success; it's not meant to be an indictment of the entire judicial system (who to put in prison, etc.) -- only the isolated issue, in one case. Molly Olsen [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]