>
> In Los Angeles Times, January 15, 1996 Miller Farmer wrote an article
> "Distorting Dead Man's Last Wish".He is an Atlanta attorney, represented
> persons sentenced to death, including real life Pat Sonnier.
>
> "...In the fabricated Matthew Pncelet, Robbins and Sarandon not only
> steamroll the truth, they also ignore the racial politics of the death
> penalty with its gross ower-representation of African Americans andd
> Latino persons on the nation's death rows and, particularly the
> outrageous over-representationn 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."
>
>Film wise, Robbins and Co. may have made some choices that were not
as effective as possible, but the "regarding the failure to address racial
politics" comment seems ironic in light of the Robbins/Sarandon Haitian
Oscar speech.  Seems like some people can't win for losing.
 
                                       Christian Doellner
                                       U of Illinois
>
 
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