So the Oscars are tomorrow, and the feel-good Sandra Bullock film The Blind Side is nominated for Best Picture. This has served me to remind me of something: how weirded out I am by The Blind Side. I haven’t seen it, but every time I saw the trailer it made me uncomfortable and I couldn’t quite figure out why. Finally I realized what it was: The Blind Side is the same movie as My Friend Flicka except with a black child instead of a horse.
Don’t believe me? Let’s go to the trailer screencaps.
Nice blonde lady: Who’s that wild, troubled creature no one can tame?
Why, it’s a black teenager/horse!
No way can you civilize that black teenager/horse!
Shut up, Tim McGraw!
No one better try to take away my black teenager/horse! You hear me, drug dealers/glue factory?
The Blind Side = My Friend Flicka
So the Oscars are tomorrow, and the feel-good Sandra Bullock film The Blind Side is nominated for Best Picture. This has served me to remind me of something: how weirded out I am by The Blind Side. I haven’t seen it, but every time I saw the trailer it made me uncomfortable and I couldn’t quite figure out why. Finally I realized what it was: The Blind Side is the same movie as My Friend Flicka except with a black child instead of a horse.
Don’t believe me? Let’s go to the trailer screencaps.
Nice blonde lady: Who’s that wild, troubled creature no one can tame?
Why, it’s a black teenager/horse!
No way can you civilize that black teenager/horse!
Shut up, Tim McGraw!
No one better try to take away my black teenager/horse! You hear me, drug dealers/glue factory?
Wheeee!
I rest my case.