Remember Who?

Shoddy movies like “Remember The Titans” are self-limiting and end up appealing to a smaller audience then they originally could have. Pathetically, I’ve seen Saturday morning cartoons with more realistic characters. C Williams high school to replace the former white head coach. Not only is he wholly accepted, but goes on to become everyone’s best friend and a local town favorite. The only scene that even remotely contains anything violent is when Denzel arrives at the recently racially integrated T. Apparently her character was supposed to provide a “cute” element, but instead provides more of a “make me want to puke” element.

Equally diluting to the realistic drama that a movie based on a “true story” often contains, is the lack of authentic characters.

Sadly, producers often fail miserably when they are more concerned with higher box office sales than with accentuating the ability of “true story” movies to include the audience in the experience. She’s as annoying as those Pepsi commercials on TV that feature that irritating “I think I’m so cute and so should you” little girl. Taking into consideration the simple fact that this “true story” took place in the early 1970’s in the south during a time of already soaring racial tension, one is forced to admit that these are well-mannered racists. Further revealing the gluttonous character of one too many Hollywood producers who’s obvious goal is quantity and disappointingly not quality. What they were hoping to bring about through this “pushing of the envelope” scene will never actually be known.