Film · Biograph · 1904
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A Nigger in the Woodpile
0Leave it.
The title is a slur, the actors are in blackface, and children stay out.
Take controlThis scores 0. A Nigger in the Woodpile cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it
The review
The title is a slur. That offense is done before any scene. White actors in blackface play a theft joke for Biograph in 1904. Not for children. The laugh is a libel. I won't say the word for sport, and I won't play the reel for the joke.
No plot note would make this fit our house. A theft gag under a name like that is already the harm. Nothing in it stops anyone. If the excuse is history, say the title is a slur and the paint is a lie, then leave it unplayed. That is what I did.
Journal
Keep A Nigger in the Woodpile in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 0. Yours can differ.
The glance
Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
11 instead of 0
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You is still a comedy film, and it scores 11 instead of 0. What you gain is household: A father and sisters remain.
The eight
- 0Industry
White actors in blackface do a theft joke, not a job.
- 0Household
No parent or child is in it, and it is not for children.
- 0Piety
No conscience resists the paint or the title's slur.
- 0Courage
The blackface theft risks nothing the makers would miss.
- 0Republic
Neighbors are owed better than a slur for a title.
- 0Temperance
The blackface theft is staged so the laugh can go on.
- 0Truth
Blackface lies, and the title is a slur before a scene.
- 0Stewardship
A slur for a title and a painted theft leave nothing to keep.
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