He's a father worrying about rent, bills and his daughter's schooling. He dresses like a homeboy and blasts his car stereo, but he is no thug. We get so caught up in his world, there's little time to respond to the cultural cues that would indicate to a certain segment of the audience that they're dealing with what " Menace II Society" called "America's nightmare: young, black and don't give a fuck." Writer-director Ryan Coogler simply lets us sample Oscar's daily routine and pressures. Judging by its haunted atmosphere, "Fruitvale Station" knows all that history, and knows better than to confront it, fret over it or wag its finger at it. People who wanted to believe that blacks are inferior and black youth who took these images of aggressive inferiority as the underclass path to success joined hands to keep the dehumanization circus in business into the new century. These images have fed racists, but they've also fed generations of black boys who learned that survival in a country that has little use for them means suppressing "soft" emotions and projecting a confidence that, in black skin, often comes off as arrogance. The pop icons among rap artists, the ones who dine with the corporate elite, promote prison culture, ruthless self-interest and jewelry. When we did get a glimpse of black male intelligence, it tended to be the psychopathic "street smart" variety. The past three decades were about depicting the refurbished, physically potent and powerful black man as a moral and intellectual weakling. Ho'wood spent six decades emasculating and lobotomizing black male characters, then traded on some cheap, crime-based empowerment narratives via blaxploitation. For every complicated, vulnerable, flawed but basically decent black male character or celebrity there are a hundred loud, imbecilic thugs. But consider what pop culture gives us to go on. His death left a giant crater in several lives.įor those of you who understand that young black men are humans, not beasts, it might sound like a silly project to undertake. He cared for many people, and many people cared for him. I must paraphrase " The Elephant Man" to explain what it all amounts to: Oscar was not an animal. We do our best to fulfill orders as quickly as we can.The rest of the film dramatizes what Oscar was up to the day before he was killed, New Year's Eve 2009. For MOD requests, processing time could be up to 1 week on average. Our processing time is 1-2 days for in-stock items for domestic orders. The price of the items would only cover the operational / raw material / shipping costs and would be sold for personal use only. We would not make any profit out of such sale. Many DVD stores now offer MOD service, and so do we to keep a competitive edge. Should an item be unavailable, we would inform you if it was possible to provide an on-Demand DVD-R version of the requested item, but we offer no guarantees. Please read our notice and takedown policy by clicking here. Notice and Takedown policyĪs a professional and reputable online store, DVD Planet Store is fully committed to the twin issues of copyright and trademarks. Our representative will get in touch with the customer with the availability of the items when an order is placed. Since, we do not take payments online at this time, there is 0% risk in placing order for movies you like on our website. Our aim is to build a comprehensive listing of movies and TV shows available to date. The items that are not released yet, or not out on DVD / Blu-ray are indeed unavailable, and that is what we would tell our customers if the requests ever come in. Our catalog is built as a reference for our customers, while we do our best to sync our in-stock items on our website. Please note that a product being listed on our website does not necessarily mean it is in stock and readily available for order.
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