talking dogs

Mark Smith masmith at nmc.edu
Fri Jul 18 03:05:29 CDT 1997


MantaRay writing of popular culture and "Men in Black";

        It's quite a subversive flick. Will Smith's
> slang was mostly ad-lib, by the by, esp. that crack about NYC raining black
> people. The screenwriter let him have a field day with the dialogue and I
> think it worked. If anything, MIB is expressing the "popular value" (whatever
> that is) of the "old guys" handing the reins over reality to, literally,
> people of color and women. The old white guys have run their race. Now it's
> time for new blood. Which is...O-K.

You know, it saddens me to hear such Hollywood pandering called
"subversive".  The screenwriter "let" him have a field day. And the dogs
go on with their doggy life.


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