tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post16460578967009236..comments2023-10-31T08:19:54.708-07:00Comments on Five by Five: AFI Top 100, #100: "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942)balyienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-60550222920357098032015-03-18T15:17:31.875-07:002015-03-18T15:17:31.875-07:00If it were remade today, I suspect there would be ...If it were remade today, I suspect there would be a lot more explosions.<br /><br />I think my most uncomfortable racist moment in classic film is from "Holiday Inn," when the cast sings a song for Lincoln's birthday in blackface. Mickey Rooney in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a close second though.<br /><br />I think the scene in this movie, even though it was extremely short, bothered me so much because it included children in blackface. I cringed even typing that out.balyienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785839636620293326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074838946965393539.post-1046591422519238852015-03-11T18:31:44.267-07:002015-03-11T18:31:44.267-07:00Top two personal uncomfortable moments in classic ...Top two personal uncomfortable moments in classic film:<br /><br />Breakfast at Tiffany's: Mickey Rooney as horribly racist caricature of a Japanese landlord. I mention it anytime anyone brings up the movie, because I don't want any other newbies to be as scarred as I was. I mean really? Why did no one say, "Great, classic movie. Just be aware that there's a horribly racist element to it."<br /><br />An Affair to Remember: I'm not sure why, but there's this song-and-dance performance given by schoolchildren and at one point the two black school children step forward and do a special dance. The whole time I was thinking, "why, exactly, do we need just the black children to be spotlighted together?"<br /><br />It's be kind of fun to see how Yankee Doodle Dandy would be remade today, eh?Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967372439743853589noreply@blogger.com