tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post1087333943381486731..comments2024-02-27T10:53:43.331-05:00Comments on Big Media Vandalism: For Sale: One Negro. As Is.Steven Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-70721976124780731852011-02-04T13:29:31.624-05:002011-02-04T13:29:31.624-05:00Thanks for your blog, I enjoy you writing on stuff...<i>Thanks for your blog, I enjoy you writing on stuff an Irishman living in Cornwall, the least ethnically diverse part of the uk, doesn't usually get to hear about. </i><br /><br />I've been to Cornwall, believe it or not. Thank you for the explanation. It makes sense, but if I were buying slaves--well, if I were buying slaves I'd have to bid on myself--but if I were buying them, I'd never think to look at their teeth! I'd want to make sure they can pick mah cotton!odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-46276124415689167612011-02-03T18:18:05.281-05:002011-02-03T18:18:05.281-05:00"What did teeth have to do with being a house..."What did teeth have to do with being a house servant? It’s not like Jason will get to eat the food he’s serving."<br /><br />I think it's meant to highlight that slave trading was thought of in the same way as horse trading.<br />Slaves were considered livestock and good dental health, in man or beast is a strong indicator of general vigour. <br />Hence the phrase, 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth' - as the quality is less important when you get it free!<br /><br />Thanks for your blog, I enjoy you writing on stuff an Irishman living in Cornwall, the least ethnically diverse part of the uk, doesn't usually get to hear about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-85966690332016718132011-02-01T22:03:12.313-05:002011-02-01T22:03:12.313-05:00A serious take on "The Toy" would have t...A serious take on "The Toy" would have to delve into some seriously murky waters, and when it comes to films involving race, I think there's some gaping vaginas on both sides of the fence. Studio execs are too nervous about protests and accusations of insensitivity. Audiences are too afraid of being seriously challenged on their own shit -- white, black, whatever -- and leery of stories that don't have neat, tidy resolutions. Which no truly serious film about racial issues could have. <br /><br />A balls-out take on a story like "The Toy" would be messier than your bedsheets after banging a fat girl on a hot afternoon in the middle of August. But it wouldn't be any messier than the real-life stuff that it's actually reflecting, so...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-38998871707193171842011-02-01T13:07:14.648-05:002011-02-01T13:07:14.648-05:00Scott, Netflix didn't have this on DVD, and I ...Scott, Netflix didn't have this on DVD, and I only had a VHS copy (but no VCR anymore--mine gave up the ghost after 20 years of service). So I went to the Warner Archives and I found it. They don't give you any additional material, nor do they even give you a credible main menu. It also didn't play in my laptop at first. But still, it's worth having these archives for folks who just want to see these movies again.<br /><br />It's too bad the two comedians who'd kick ass in a remake of the Toy, Bernie Mac and Pryor himself (unleashed this time), are dead. Still you should have hope, as I once wrote a treatment for a remake of The Toy, but tossed it in a box somewhere in my house eons ago. If I can find it, it's on! :)odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-64638993849186407732011-02-01T08:48:42.773-05:002011-02-01T08:48:42.773-05:00Great review. I'd read about this film back in...Great review. I'd read about this film back in high school, in some movie review guide devoted to cult films and the like, and I'd made a mental note to check it out. Unfortunately, I could never find it in any local video stores in the pre-internet era, and I forgot about it. Until now.<br /><br />Also, count me in as someone who'd love to see "The Toy" remade, but with all of the nasty racial undercurrents of the plot brought to the forefront of the story. Oh, to see the Richard Pryor of "Which Way Is Up?" or "Blue Collar" turned loose on that shit...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com