Is this movie racist?
Well, you can't read any discussion on any movie on IMDB without some weinie trying to find racism in it.
shareYeah, but usually when they post about it they have a particular scene ( no matter how outrageous) that provokes that thought.
do you have one?
I'd venture to guess that no, the movie is not racist. Eastwood himself has made it very clear that although he has played characters with certain bigotries, he himself has none.
do you have one?
Of course not, I was just pointing out that there is hardly a movie discussion where someone asks about racism, particularly in the stupidest of contexts.
Eastwood himself has made it very clear that although he has played characters with certain bigotries
The only racially bigoted character that Eastwood has played is Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino, and of course, in that film, he learns to grudgingly overcome his bigotry.
As for High Plains Drifter, Eastwood clearly portrays the white community as racist and prejudiced (toward Indians and Mexicans), which is the opposite of the movie itself being racist. share