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.
4 comments:
The critics were of the movie or of the original book?
You guys pack a lot in your days!
I 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.
I 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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