BY KEITH EVANS
Usually I try to muster through at least one scary movie every Halloween. I am generally over the horror genre, but occasionally, be it old or new, I try to keep track of what's going on. This year, I watched the scariest movie of all time; Precious.
Wow, what a shitty movie. I mean, I made jokes about it during its relevance, but had never even wanted to actually see it. Kind of glad I did. Though shitty, it was hilarious. Let me just say this on behalf of the "urban community". I'm from Gary, Indiana. Though I never really lived deeply in the seedy thug life of my city, I've been to some of the worst areas and/or homes of some of the most ghetto people in the nation. I've been in crack houses, whore houses, and houses that I suspected of possibly being part of some satanic cult. I've heard of mothers trying to force their children to smoke crack cocaine. I've known mothers who've probably had sex with their daughters' boyfriends. I've seen domestic violence. I've seen outright assault and battery, between loved ones AND family members. NEVER have I seen a grandmother, no matter how shitty and worthless of a person she is, toss her grandchild. Never have I seen a 700 lbs teenage mother fall down a flight of stairs with her baby (unscathed) in her hands. NEVER will you see a poor black person, male or female, attempt to drop a roughly 32" television down a stairwell to try and kill their daughter and grand-daughter (there's no way we would bring harm to a television in such a way, without the proper means to purchase another one). This movie was nothing short of out-landish. Spike Lee cried about Quentin Tarantino using the word "nigga" in his scripts (which were used by characters who would, if real, use that word) yet I don't recall him even muttering a syllable about the scene in Precious when the fat black girl STEALS fried chicken. I'm sorry, that's just a tad more racist to me, not to mention that the person who made this movie is black. Whoever thought that Precious was a good movie, deserving of any Oscar recognition should be cyber bullied, labeled gay, and forced to only watch Glee for the rest of their life until they decide to commit suicide, but not before being interrupted by Kanye West mid wrist cut.
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