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Floyd's The wall:Controversial today?

Posted 24 months ago|9 comments|444 views
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I was watching Pink Floyd: The Wall I was thinking to myself and decided to share the ideas, questions with the Rant/Rave audience.

If in today’s climate of media frenzy over anything controversial would the Nazi like parts of the movie fly in today’s media crazed racist environment? If so, would there still be uproar over that section in particular? Reminder: Where an African-American male and a Caucasian female are making out in the back of a car drug out by white males in boots with shaved heads a scene.

The thoughts that in today’s PC world I kept thinking how many would have raised a large stink and that the stink might not have been very positive toward ticket sales of an acid induced movie diatribe.

I am not in anyway for those who do not know how my mind works am not in anyway encouraging racist beliefs just merely playing the “devils advocate” if you will in expressing thoughts that have come about having seen this movie playing on VH1 Classic.
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24 months ago: Pink Floyd is one of my favorite rock bands of all time. The movie version of "The Wall" is imaginative, freaky and thought provoking.

Don't know how well it would play if it came out today. Maybe as an independent type or underground release it would fare well. I don't think most young people who go to movies today even know who Sigmund Freud was or what existential neurosis is anyway.
everthecynic
everthecynic
24 months ago: I've always loved Pink Floyd. I'm going to agree with HN. I don't know how well it would play. Especially when a huge chunk of theater revenue comes from people young enough to have possibly been the result of an overexcited date night to see "The Wall".
Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
24 months ago: I loved Pink Floyd and the wall was a protest of the military industrial complex's attempt to brainwash the students to be the soldiers of the future.
Today they gave up on the colleges and just hire Fox and their talking heads like Rush and Glen Beck to do their work for them.
Siempre Solo
Siempre Solo
Auburn, NY
24 months ago: Ditto, what was said by everyone above. Great band! Deep and disturbing movie, Political commentary in the vein of Archie Bunker without the humor. Today political correctness would say they should not talk about such issues funny thing is that War and Racism are still very much relevant today. Interesting Post J Lee.
Wizard
Wizard
Canada
24 months ago: The Wall was a film that speaks against oppression, facsim, and general hate. Pink Floyd is also my favourite band! They were great live!
nettik
nettik
Los Angeles, CA
24 months ago: Pink Floyd is amazing. Hands down amazing. Chances are if it were released today it wouldn't be a blockbuster. And only blockbuster movies get such high criticism. Look at Avatar and the species debate, but nobody raise a brow about how in An Education a 16 year old is getting with a 30 year old.

Either way, Pink Floyd is a genius band. They don't make them the same anymore.
24 months ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pws0ITGyogo

Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Live at Knebworth 1990.
Rudi Stettner
Rudi Stettner
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24 months ago: My children are third generation "Floydians". It is one of my all time favourite bands in English. There is a really good video. The Moody Blues and Billy Joel are my top bands in the English language. I am listening right now to "Comfortably Numb" Thanks for the memories.
Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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24 months ago: The movie speaks to all people against falling under the spell of a cult of personality. The beloved guy on the stage turned out to be a raving lunatic.
Altruist picked up on a small portion of the overall message. Notice how all the "original and free thinking" youngsters got caught up in uniformity of non-conformation.

The same basic idea was explored in the rock opera "Tommy" by the Who, with more religious than political undertones.

Another song that I'm reminded of that follows this vein is Subdivisions by Rush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9Ycq64Gy4

J Lee,
I don't think there would be an uproar if the same scenes were incorporated into a modern movie. "American History X" went into the skinhead movement here in the U.S., and I was surprised when I first saw it that I heard no backlash that it was a racist film. I personally did not find it offensive.

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