tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post8782196347031597219..comments2023-10-23T00:04:35.356-04:00Comments on The Vault of Buncheness: ABOUT EFFIN' TIME: MANDINGO (1975) FINALLY GETS A LEGIT U.S. DVD RELEASEBunche (pop culture ronin)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-88265314373382760432008-06-24T20:59:00.000-04:002008-06-24T20:59:00.000-04:00It amazes me at how trashy movies like MANDINGO an...It amazes me at how trashy movies like MANDINGO and it sequel, DRUM, probably provided the most in-depth look at the horros of American slavery in Hollywood history.<BR/><BR/>Ironic, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-49668776704828547102008-06-13T19:32:00.000-04:002008-06-13T19:32:00.000-04:00I get the feeling this movie was bankrolled by Din...I get the feeling this movie was bankrolled by Dino then sold to the studio for release based on it's "Star Power" and the best-seller sales of the novel. Either way, someone was clearly asleep at the wheel, thank god...<BR/><BR/>Fun, awful movie.<BR/><BR/>:)John Blighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543592173944572738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-88889916725282389822008-06-13T16:26:00.000-04:002008-06-13T16:26:00.000-04:00Why does it NOT surprise me that Dino de Laurentii...Why does it NOT surprise me that Dino de Laurentiis was involved in that? <BR/><BR/>And on the subject of race relations, it seems America still needs some serious wake-up time. Just this morning, a "friend" of my partner commented that Michelle Obama is "still living in the Civil War" with all her "vicious racist speeches... claiming that black men are oppressed." That said women is of Cherokee ancestry makes the statement all that more appalling... although considering that black slavery was one of the "modern practices" the Cherokee picked up prior to Andrew Jackson's big heave-ho, maybe it's not THAT surprising! Sad, though, yes. We still have so far to go. <BR/><BR/>("Baby mama," my ass. I keep waiting for FOX to just call Obama a nigger and be done with it, already.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com