Feylic on 21 September 2009
| binary solo said: I watched the movie, I liked the movie. I did think the mentioning of the nationality of the human criminal organisation in the alien slum was odd. I wonder if Blomkamp has had a history with some Nigerian criminals and is taking a creative swipe at said criminals. Perhaps he is trying to make a political statement about the corruption and other social ills that in his view stem from Nigeria and have spread to other countries in Africa. I think we need to be very careful about trying to restrict artists in their expression cultural or political views in their work. Perhaps in South Africa there is a criminal underground with substantial representation by Nigerian immigrants. I don't know enough about South Africa and it's relationship to Nigeria to know if there is some bad blood between the 2. All I know is Nigeria isn't close to South Africa geographically speaking. I'd like to hear from Blomkamp about why he chose Nigerians as the human criminal underground for this movie because it might be quite enlightening, or it could expose him as a flat out racist. Either way it would be good to know. I doubt Blomkamp is overtly racist though. After all, to me one theme of the movie to oppose attitudes of prejudice and intolerance. |
Things like this don't make sense to me... why can't it be that Blomkamp just needed a random country, close to South Africa, for the "bad criminals" to be from? Why does there have to be a reason behind this decision. And how could any answer from him expose him as a "flat out racist", what would make him not a racist in your eyes?? Choosing the criminals to be from the US instead? Or Austria? Or Japan? No matter what he chooses, someone would call him out for it. Just let them make their damn movie the way they want.
