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[Richard Owl Mirror]

Ferrell's NASCAR Movie Called Anti-Christian, Racist
Quote: The Movieguide.org publisher said Will Ferrell's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" is "a racist, bigoted work that ridicules the Bible Belt, Southern white men, Christianity, Jesus Christ, the family, and American masculinity."

On its Web site, Movieguide describes itself as:
..."a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.

~@~

Would a review of this nature hold sway over whether or not you would go see this movie?

[00timh]

Richard Owl Mirror wrote: Ferrell's NASCAR Movie Called Anti-Christian, Racist
Quote: The Movieguide.org publisher said Will Ferrell's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" is "a racist, bigoted work that ridicules the Bible Belt, Southern white men, Christianity, Jesus Christ, the family, and American masculinity."

On its Web site, Movieguide describes itself as:
..."a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.

~@~

Would a review of this nature hold sway over whether or not you would go see this movie? Having seen the movie I would say that it is simply the typical Will Ferrell Comedy that doesn't attack anything other than intelligence.

[John Galt]

Dear lord Baby Jesus, with your cute little Baby Einstien set, looking into the world with awe, I thank you for my smoking hot wife and my two beautiful sons, Walker and Texas Ranger. And lord Baby Jesus --

He was a man--

I like to think of him as a baby okay?! All cute and cuddly--

I like to think of Jesus as a figure skater--

Shuttup I'm praying

[TNBiologist]

Richard Owl Mirror wrote: Ferrell's NASCAR Movie Called Anti-Christian, Racist
Quote: The Movieguide.org publisher said Will Ferrell's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" is "a racist, bigoted work that ridicules the Bible Belt, Southern white men, Christianity, Jesus Christ, the family, and American masculinity."

On its Web site, Movieguide describes itself as:
..."a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.

~@~

Would a review of this nature hold sway over whether or not you would go see this movie?

I am planning to see it this weekend. It looks funny as h*ll. It is a spoof of the "Nascar crowd". It is meant to poke fun at mainly white, mainly southern, mainly christain people that follow Nascar. - Hey thats me, still looks funny though.

[Superfly]

Sounds like this website is prolly looking for "badness" in movies.

I thought it was just making fun of NASCAR fans.

That'd be enough for me to want to see it. :-)

[Izzibeth]

i saw it. it was funny. i saw nothing racist, bigoted, or religion-bashing that wasn't supposed to be in there and wasn't supposed to make you laugh.

obviously there are some people in this world who have way too much time on their hands and use said time to come up with every excuse possible to be upset with SOMETHING out there.

[perdidochas]

White southerners are one of the few groups that can be poked fun of by people outside of their group. If Will Ferrell would make the equivalent of the same movie about rappers while in blackface, the NAACP would be up in arms.

[Izzibeth]

well.... Ballad of Ricky Bobby wasn't purposefully offensive. in fact, most NASCAR fans probably understood and appreciated the satire. everything worked out in the end and it ended happily. the good guy won and he was made a hero. there is a difference between satire and bigotry.

blackface has a history of being purposefully offensive and used as a negative portrayal as well as being an inaccurate portrayal of blacks. so i think there is a key difference there... i didn't see the movie as negative, inaccurate or offensive. you'll notice that those who are complaining are mainly complaining about on the religious end. they throw "white men" and "masculinity" in there to stir it up a bit.. but it's really about anything funny that was said in the movie about religion that they got all upset about.

[perdidochas]

Izzibeth wrote: well.... Ballad of Ricky Bobby wasn't purposefully offensive. in fact, most NASCAR fans probably understood and appreciated the satire. everything worked out in the end and it ended happily. the good guy won and he was made a hero. there is a difference between satire and bigotry.

Of coruse it's purposefully offensive. I'm not denying that it's satire, and probably as funny as everything.

Izzibeth wrote: blackface has a history of being purposefully offensive and used as a negative portrayal as well as being an inaccurate portrayal of blacks.

Are you a white southerner? If not, then how in the world can you expect to know if something aimed at ridiculing white southerners is offensive or not? If you are, then you may have a point.

Also, how is this not the same thing--purposefully offensive, and a negative portrayal as well as being an inaccurate portrayal. A guy from Chicago pretending to be a southern NASCAR driver, IMHO, is just as offensive as a white man pretending to be black.


Izzibeth wrote: so i think there is a key difference there... i didn't see the movie as negative, inaccurate or offensive. you'll notice that those who are complaining are mainly complaining about on the religious end. they throw "white men" and "masculinity" in there to stir it up a bit.. but it's really about anything funny that was said in the movie about religion that they got all upset about.

And isn't it their right to get upset? Religious people get a very negative portrayal in the media. Why should religious people embrace yet another negative portrayal? Also, that website is intended to give people with similar views a "heads-up" about the movie.

[StrangerWitCandy]

it pokes fun at redneck stereotypes.

[Winchester]

Superfly wrote: Sounds like this website is prolly looking for "badness" in movies.

I thought it was just making fun of NASCAR fans.

That'd be enough for me to want to see it. :-)

It's all part of the marketing effort. Create a little controversy, people will go see/buy what they otherwise would not.

Right now it's probably one the best marketing tools out there. That is until people realize that they are just being manipulated.

[Shady]

It was alright. Will Ferrel hasn't done anything outstanding since Old School though.

[LostSoul3412]

"Ricky Bobby" makes fun of whites as much as "The Producers" made fun of Nazis...

It's a comedy, shut up and enjoy the movie.

[00timh]

y'all taking this movie way too seriously. BTW Galt I thought that was one of the better moments of the movie :lol: I didn't see Christianity attacked, or even white southerners attacked. It was a spoof and that is what Will Ferrell does, pure and simple.

[emt3197]

Here is a thought: IT IS A MOVIE! it is not a political statement, religious statement, etc.... The movie was meant as entertainment and nothing more. However, it seems that today's society needs to have something new to hate all of the time.

[Izzibeth]

indeed.

[toddytodd]

Richard Owl Mirror wrote: Ferrell's NASCAR Movie Called Anti-Christian, Racist
Quote: The Movieguide.org publisher said Will Ferrell's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" is "a racist, bigoted work that ridicules the Bible Belt, Southern white men, Christianity, Jesus Christ, the family, and American masculinity."

On its Web site, Movieguide describes itself as:
..."a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.

~@~

Would a review of this nature hold sway over whether or not you would go see this movie?

Oh BOO HOO!
Everything insults religion and the religious anymore. Everything insults everyone. PC-ness is so out of control in this country - anyone could be offended by anyone.
So what if it does offend Bible Belt, Southern white men, Christianity, Jesus Christ, the family, and American masculinity....
It is suppose to - that is what is funny in this day in America (which is sad).

As far as the movie goes, I have yet to (and doubt I will ever) see a funny Will Farrel movie where he is the main charater and being that it is NASCAR based, even more reason not to see it.

[mathurin]

i will not go see it






then again i havent seen a movie in the theatre in over 3 years
why?


because i am cheap


i am surprised that anyone is surprised that hollywood is anti-religion, anti-rural, anti-midwest, anti-gun, and most everything else. they have been that way for sometime, it is a wonder that most of the midwest even goes to the movies, they just dont realize they are funding liberal morons

[spearsy23]

The last movie i went to see was the devil wears prada (groan...) unfortunately it was the only thing we could see due to the scheduling, and where we were we met a couple of girls from our school and they were going to see it so we basically didn't have a choice, damn i shoulda snuck into pirates of the carribean 2.

[micfranklin]

Richard Owl Mirror wrote: Ferrell's NASCAR Movie Called Anti-Christian, Racist
Quote: The Movieguide.org publisher said Will Ferrell's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" is "a racist, bigoted work that ridicules the Bible Belt, Southern white men, Christianity, Jesus Christ, the family, and American masculinity."

On its Web site, Movieguide describes itself as:
..."a ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the mass media according to biblical principles, by influencing entertainment industry executives and helping families make wise media choices.

~@~

Would a review of this nature hold sway over whether or not you would go see this movie?

Is it just me or is Movieguide just complaining about stupid stuff? :?