Today was a busy day for Gerry and me. After exercise class I picked him up from the dentist where he had a root canal. All is going well with that. Then we attended the autobiography class, follow by a quick lunch, and then a movie.
We don't go very many movies, but today saw "The Green Book" Sure was a reminder what life was like in the South in the 1960s for African-Americans. Back then it was called the " The Negro Motorist Green-Book" . We had never heard of the Green Book. It was a book which listed accommodations, restaurants and businesses that were safe to go to for African-American when traveling in the US. It does have it critics who say it missed an opportunity to tell it as it really was but we enjoyed it.
The critics were of the movie or of the original book?
ReplyDeleteYou guys pack a lot in your days!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the movie, but have read the reviews. It sounds like it was a little story from a white protective, but I can see why critics (of the film; not the Green Book) would be upset: it shouldn't be okay today to make a "Magical Negro" movie.
Sympathy for you Gerry, having to visit the dentist.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the movie but I think just the making of the movie has caused a lot of media attention on this very poignant example of how far we still have to go and how far we have already come.
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