Is she real?

Figaro · April 3, 2007

Taken from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins

I wanted to find out the name of the actress

In her book Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies, Patricia Turner examines the issue of the movie's depiction of the "African-American gremlins" as racist caricatures.

Nowhere are the negative ethnic messages clearer than in the actual depiction of the unearthly beings....

These malevolent miniature Mogwai are the most destructive and reflect negative African-American stereotypes. Soon after their unexpected birth, the pesky gremlins are devouring fried chicken with their hands. Their first target is Billy's kind, overburdened mother, and they are soon pursuing the hero's girlfriend at Dorry's Tavern. In some unexplained way, several of them have managed to acquire shades and caps that cover their eyes. Cigarettes droop from the corners of their mouths. They make haste to a tavern where they cannot get enough to drink. Here we see their love of music and their ability to break-dance.

Patricia A. Turner, Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies: Black Images and Their Influence on Culture. (New York: Anchor Books, 1994), pp. 151-52, ISBN 0-385-46784-2.

I think she's been having too many magic mushrooms and is seeing things that are just plainly not there - they are Gremlins not racial stereotypes

Does anyone think hers is a valid criticism?

Edited April 3, 2007 by Figaro

DanielS · April 3, 2007

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