Before the end, they were celebrating in the bus and the driver drove really wildly. They kept showing the wheels and how they didn't rotate quite right, and the cliff, and the black driver laughing like mad. And that made it look really scary. I think it was quite racist to use the black guy at the wheel to increase the tension and the feeling that something is going to happen.
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Yeah - shaddap !
That which does not Kill me makes me Stranger . . .
I felt the same way, Marcus. I also felt it was sexist. Charlie's girlfriend annoyed me to no end. I would have rather he hooked up with the daughter of the guy who actually came up with the plan. She was hot but she was also brainy. Charlie's girlfriend had the mentality of a 6 year old. Really, really creepy that he would sleep with that.
But yeah, the lone black guy in the movie is responsible for the plan falling apart. Not cool.
That was the mastermind's widow, not daughter. I do agree she was way more interesting than the bubble-headed blonde.
shareGet over it! It is a film, a comedy caper where the end ends on a suspensful note.
shareRidiculous rubbish.
Go and read about social attitudes towards non-white people and women (who were treated as sex objects), then view this film.
It was actually creating positive images for them. It was a trend-setter in attacking outdated attitudes.
You couldn't be more wrong.
It seems that people see racism wherever they want to see it. I think it says more about them than the movie.
shareI do not agree that this film is racist even by current politically correct standards, although you may see it that way. The film should be judged by the standards of 1969 when it was not common to see a black person in a main stream British film.
shareI don't think ANYBODY could drive on that road, black, white, or Martian, and make it safely! Especially with a big bus like that. Besides, what was Charlie Croker doing--he was still the boss, so it's partly his fault. He could have said, "Hey slow down a little!" Instead, he was celebrating. I actually felt bad for the driver in that everybody else was having a great time while he still was working (now THAT might have been racist, but still, probably not), so he was just getting a little carried away by the party going on behind him.
By the way, the soundtrack was written by Quincy Jones, one of his early ones. With all the composers that could have been used on this production, they hired a black man (who was brilliant, of course), so I don't think it is fair to presume that they were racist, at least, not any more than anybody else at the time.
I really think that the O.P. must lead a very boring life indeed to have the time to come up with that one.Examining everything in the desperate hope of finding racism (and sexism etc,etc),everywhere is a modern phenomenon, whats the point of looking back nearly 45 years to try to find it ? ,it is a pointless exersise.Different social attitudes prevailed in the past,get over it.
Gordon P. Clarkson
Yeah, sure. They should've had a white bloke driving. Then when he skidded halfway over the cliff, we could've said "look at that - White people can't even drive a bus. If they'd had a black bloke instead they'd have got home safe & sound." At the risk of being something-ist; I think you're a total-tosser.
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