Discuss C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
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Controversial Mock-U-Mentary
posted by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_LaSTAFFMOD on February 11, 2017 at 10:48 AM
After a number of years it is worth a revisit of this movie by the general public as not even a minority of the general public even saw this little independent 'Art House' film. The collective mindset of the American Public has changed and this movie I think would be even more aggressively attacked then it was 10 years ago.
Reply by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La
on September 14, 2017 at 3:40 PM
I thought about this after the events of Charlottesville.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on September 14, 2017 at 9:20 PM
Funny and scary film.
Reply by Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La
on September 15, 2017 at 9:19 AM
Allow me to segue from your description of your thoughts on the film to the IMDB message boards "debate" at that time on the film. The hue and cry from the Confederacy Revisionist History Advocates can be traced right up to the events in Charlottesville. There was a swath of on-line voices that was adamant that the film was an attack on their heritage not to mention their belief system. The movie was debated as if it was a serious treatise on "What-If" history instead of a mockumentary that reflected on the psyche of the country that tolerated the institution of slavery even happening. Yes, slavery was an institution and not just an event in time that just kind of happened.
There were heated arguments that the basic premise of the film was implausible which was hilarious in the incredulousness of the argument.