When Charleton Heston made Planet Of The Apes it was sold to him as an analogy of the state of American politics, being overrun by minorities in the 60s and 70s. His character, the great, white conservative leader from the past, must deal with the "madhouse" that the USA has become. To drive the point home in a less subtle ending, there's the Statue of Liberty, buried.
"Get your damned, dirty paws off me, you stinking ape."
Bravo.
TheUndergroundEagle posted on May 16, 2008
| views: 255
Comments
-
SeanRenaud said on May 16, 2008....
That's a bit of a stretch. Specially considering the movie seems to drive home how wrong prejudice is over and over again. -
somethingunUSual said on May 19, 2008....
Hmmm. Seems that I read something to that effect back in the 80s. An interview in Rolling Stone where he was talking about his motivations during certain scenes or somethingunusual like that.... -
HoleInTheCosmos said on May 19, 2008....
Didn't Charleton Heston march with Dr. Martin Luther King? -
RodSerling said on May 24, 2008....
Planet of the Apes was indeed an analogy of the state of race relations and prejudice in America in the 1960s. However, there is no correlation between said apes and particular subdivisions of humanity. There's a little ape in all of us.Just another eep in the night, from.... -
somethingunUSual said on May 30, 2008....
well come on Rod - who always gets compared to apes??????? -
GEORGEBUSH said on Jun 30, 2008....
oh,shut up.Apes? I look and smell like 1 or 2 of them. I want 2 be a gerbal though. -
TheUndergroundEagle said on Jul 07, 2008....
I think you want that gerbal up your ass!
Comment on "Charleton Heston Saw PLANET of the APES As Analogy To USA Now"
Related Posts:
infonaturale
posted 5 days ago
| views: 10
|
Whenever I come across these incidents in American history, I have continued to wonder if they were just mere coincidence or... read entire post
glc3
posted on Nov 07, 2009
| views: 47
|
Precious a gripping tale of a young woman’s struggle to overcome her past opens in theaters. The film’s main character is Claireece “Precious” Jones, an abused teen mother who is dark-skinned, overweight and illiterate.... read entire post
glc3
posted 12 days ago
| views: 38
|
Disney now has a new black princess which seems much more important to adults than little girls of all races... read entire post