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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain, Emory Elliott | 2008 | Children
6.9 (28 Ratings)
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"I’ve read, reread and loved this book most of my life. It never disappoints. Twain writes with an easygoing virtuosity that makes American English the equal of any King’s. This is the book that codified American English, not Moby Dick or The Scarlet Letter. Those two great books are American Literature. Huck and Jim are America. The seeds of the tragedy of racism are planted on nearly every page of Twain’s masterpiece. Those birds are still coming home to roost."

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Chloe (778 KP) rated Get Hard (2015) in Movies

Aug 2, 2020 (Updated Aug 2, 2020)  
Get Hard (2015)
Get Hard (2015)
2015 | Comedy
7
6.1 (11 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Funny (3 more)
Good skits
Great characters
Interesting story
Quite racist/homophobic (0 more)
Great innuendos
Kevin Hart and Will Pharrell work really well together, although Kevin Hart looks so small in comparison.

The story is clever with some really funny over the top parts. I absolutely loved the gay cafe scene, really tickled me.

Just generally all round funny film. There is a lot of racism and homophobic jokes but they are funny, just wasnt sure if thay would be everyone's cup of tea.
  
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    Miles Davis

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    Miles: The Autobiography, like the man himself, holds nothing back. He talks about his battles...

Sausage Party (2016)
Sausage Party (2016)
2016 | Animation, Comedy
3
5.8 (37 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Mildly disturbing, beyond crude
There are very few films out there where the cringe factor outstrips the comedy, but this definitely hits it. While I was mildly impressed by its all star cast (Edward Norton, Salma Hayek, Kristin Wiig, Seth Rogen), I was also slightly distressed by its ridiculous storyline, especially the last Sausage Party scene - which says it all. The language and content goes beyond South Park levels of inappropriate. Expect sexism, racism, rampant sex scenes, and drug use - in animated form. It's definitely not Disney.
  
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Jennifer Kirkland (1 KP) created a post

Jan 27, 2018  
Bardic Voices by Mercedes Lackey
I'm re-reading this series, as since my husband's death I find comfort in the literature I read as a teen or a young adult. And what I'm finding now, nearly thirty years later, is the same kind of anti-racism text as is found in Real Life Politics today. One of the Free Bards (Kestrel) is talking about Humans Only signs and varying things being declared as evil...

and I'm thinking... didn't I just hear this story on NPR?