Being required to endure a really crappy movie for even the sake of writing an essay can often be quite agonizing. With its lack of real-life friction, unbelievable characters, and unrealistic cliche feel-good scenes, "Remember The Titans" has more cheesiness than a Kraft factory. This is literally a "Walt Disney" version of a dramatic "true story" about the struggles of a small southern town forced to become racially integrated in 1971. It completely fails to accurately represent the genuine hardships of racism, and only leaves the question of how much concern went into conveying the actual truth?
Rarely do human beings confront each other to deal with emotionally charged racial tension without violence and swear words. Throughout the entire film there isn't one offensive word used, unless the word "ass" is considered to be offensive. What else could one expect from a "Walt Disney" production, a company known for its cartoons. I'm not saying that Good movies are made of swear words, it's just that when they're used in the appropriate context they compliment an actors character by making he or she more believable. Similarly, whenever two conflicting sides of any sensitive issue confront each other there's regularly violence in some way, shape, or form. The only scene that even remotely contains anything violent is when Denzel arrives at the recently racially integrated T.C Williams high school to replace the former white head coach. The local towns people are shaking their fists in the air and waving "no mixed bussing" signs to convey their disgust about having a new black football coach. Denzel's arrival is met with plenty of dirty looks, but not one mention of the popular "n" word, which was normally shouted during these types of confrontations and at the time was often inclusive of the southern racists&
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