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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 07:54 PM
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48. "exploiting"..
... is not the term you were looking for.

Playing off of cultural fears and stereotypes, perhaps.

I doubt that Peter Jackson is a racist, but to ignore the subtext of this movie at the time the original was made is folly.

Sometimes, ideas are expressed from a subliminal level, those expressing them may not be intending to at all, but are, and at the same time are tapping into those feelings in others. And tapping into deep-seated feelings is what good films do, but sometimes those feelings are repugnant and unjustifiable.
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