Monday, June 25, 2012

the WHAT?

Encountered the movie, Milk, and watched it.
Excellent.
A few overly frank parts that I would have edited out or not put in in the first place.
And a couple of spots where they used words and expressions that have only been used since the 90s and the 00s -- people did not say them in 1978.

But -- I "knit-pick."

It's good.

In this one scene in the "Castro" neighborhood of San Francisco -- it's supposed to be approx. 1973, I think, and the newly inspired activist Harvey Milk ("Businesses should be good to their customers; we'll get some money rollin' in here, and revitalize the neighborhood!") is handing out flyers on the street.  These masses of people -- mostly men, many of whom may be gay -- are passing on the sidewalk.  Harvey Milk (portrayed by Sean Penn) calls out to this one kid, and tries to talk him into getting involved in their neighborhood movement (one of whose goals is to stop police from beating up on gay men -- [ ???!? ] ).

"Come over here, we'll get you registered to vote," Milk invites the young man.

"F--k that!" comes the reply.  "Elections of any kind are f-----g bourgeois affectations!"

Oh!--we must fasten our seatbelts...
lol
At least, I thought this morning, none of the people I know who Don't Vote shoot verbiage like that at me.

Too many syllables:  aaaauuuugghhhh!

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