Barbarian Princess Movie Title Used To Grab Viewers
Marc Forby, the writer and director of the Barbarian Princess movie, http://BarbarianPrincessMovie.com claims that he is using the term “barbarian” in the title of the movie only to attract more viewers and that he doesn’t mean to offend anyone. This is a specious excuse.
In the Nineteenth Century, the term “barbarian” was intentionally used to denigrate, demean, mock and injure its intended target, in this case, Princess Ka`iulani. It was a racial/ethnic slur in the same way “n- - - - -“ (the “N-word”) is used by Americans today.
A slur is a slur. It is particularly offensive when it is being used to promote box-office receipts. By Forby’s reasoning, it would be OK to do a movie about Barach Obama and call it the “N- - - - - President” because it would attract more customers.
Shame on Marc Forby and shame on the people who accept his smooth-talking jive. If Forby cannot grasp that the very title of his movie is a direct affront to Ka`iulani (and all Hawaiians) then and now, how can we think that his movie won’t likewise smear the truth?
Leon Siu
Aiea, O`ahu
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
-
- tags:
- Entertainment, Barack Obama, Movies, Health Care, 7 more + add
-
-
-
-
- FreeHawaiiTV
- added this
-
barbarian was a word used bye white men to justify the killing of native people. that or savages and beast's.
but we live in a different time now. it kinda a tricky subject -
actually the term barbarian came from the ancient Romans, referencing their opinion that the Gauls' (Germanic and French tribes to the north of what was once the Roman Empire) speech reminded them of the baa-baa noises that sheep make.
-
Sounds like you're the one calling Barack Obama the N President (who, ironically, is "Hawaiian" - like it or not). You, and people like you (many Mexicans), still have a lot to learn about navigating the racial landscape. You will remain centuries behind and your envy will keep you on the lowest rung. Next time use your own "people" to make your point.
-
I have to say that for the majority of people out there, Barbarian is not a racial slur in any way. It would take someone really looking hard for racism to see a slur in the word "barbarian".
Didn't the Romans consider the Celts to be a barbarians? Weren't they the whitest of the white? Many tribal cultures have been considered "barbarians" from all races, black, white, yellow etc.
This is really reaching to find hate in something that seems very benign. Your efforts to root out racism would best benefit you elsewhere. -
So this guy's thought process is:
1) Make movie title
2) Create controversy where there really isn't any
3) ???
4) Profit -
word used through out time,
-
Oh, come on. You guys really need to get a life. Do we really HAVE to be insulted because someone uses a word that might have been insulting 200 years ago? Do we really HAVE to whine and complain about EVERYTHING? Come on. Grow up. You guys will beep griping until we won't be able to utter anything but the softest, fuzziest words. Then what a horrible place this world will be. Last time I looked, we still had freedom of speech, but nowhere in our Constitution do I see freedom from being offended by a 200 year old word. Grow up. All is NOT warm and fuzzy.
-
-
-
-
- 2helenahandbasket
- 14 days ago
-
-
I think the point and controversy behind this is so big because she was hurled with insults of being "barbarian" and "savage" by the arrogant, ethnocentric West who were trying to steal her kingdom and land. It's propaganda in the past that's being used to sell a movie now.
Now, we might not think anything slanderous of the word "barbarian" and maybe in a few hundred years we will think nothing of the N- word. But if you neglect the time period this is coming from then you are not taking in the full effect of what is going on. You cannot superimpose current beliefs onto the past because there was very much a different view of things then than there is now.
-
-
-
-
- bekah_1984
- 14 days ago
-
