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You should pray that I choose the latter.
Humberto 2021-12-26 08:01:01
This is the most impressive work on racial discrimination in the United States after "The Criticism of Officials". There is no doubt that its visual impact has added points. The film itself can only get me 4 stars, but the last paragraph "You should pray that I choose the latter" really shocked me. Because of it, I can imagine the tragic history of the American Civil War and even the tragic history of the American blacks in the 1980s. It seems that all the cruelty can be traced back here and then spread out in intricate gestures. They are not exposed because of emotional debate, but because they are really so cruel that they can move people's hearts. Speaking of so many years of freedom, democracy, and equality, so holy and sublime, after all, is gifted with human rights. In fact, how much blood and blood is needed for "talent" to be exchanged. Every contemptuous look is intertwined with every angry roar. Drinks and love can't make it fade away. It is a primitive call, just like the phrase before the death of Wallace in "Brave Heart"." Freedom!" Same. It is something that is truly remembered once.
Extended Reading
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Orland 2022-04-23 07:02:51
After watching this film, I realized that the current college debates are all playing at home...
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Ernest 2021-12-26 08:01:01
The most difficult debate in this world is one with oneself. The positive side is one's own beliefs, and the negative side is fear and anxiety. All power is won by yourself. If you don’t fight for it, don’t believe in your own right, don’t rely on solid logic, don’t stick to your own line, equality and fairness won’t fall from the sky... When Uncle DW was thin, he was really handsome. what!
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Melvin B. Tolson: Who is the judge?
Samantha, Henry Lowe, James Farmer Jr., Hamilton Burgess: The judge is God.
Melvin B. Tolson: Why is he God?
Samantha, Henry Lowe, James Farmer Jr., Hamilton Burgess: Because he decides who wins or loses. Not my opponeent.
Melvin B. Tolson: Who is your opponent?
Samantha, Henry Lowe, James Farmer Jr., Hamilton Burgess: He does not exist.
Melvin B. Tolson: Why does he not exist?
Samantha, Henry Lowe, James Farmer Jr., Hamilton Burgess: Because he is a mere dissenting voice of the truth I speak!
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James Farmer Jr.: We can't win without him!
[Melvin Tolson]
Samantha: You're wrong, we can't win without him.
[as she tosses a book at Farmer]
James Farmer Jr.: Thoreau?