First characters are black, asian, Jewish.
Is this some kind of remedy in case there's accusations of racism in this movie?
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It's to say that the FBI (the good guys) are not racists while the army, which is entirely white, are racists.
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In North Carolina and Georgia the army has had problems on and off base in recent years with soldiers belonging to Aryan hate groups.
There was a black sergeant near the end of the movie.
shareThere was a black sergeant near the end of the movie.Actually I think he was a captain, if you will recall Willis's line at the end of the film. In fact, it's not even a line. The entire quote is literally one word: "Captain!" Then the black soldier is the first we see and the first to raise his gun up against the agents. I'm not exactly sure if the black cap on his head represents any sort of rank.
In that same scene is a soldier in the army who looks to be of Hispanic or Middle-Eastern descent (ironically enough).
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You're right, I just watched that scene again. But, when the conversation is over Bruce Willis says "Stand down, sergeant". Than the camera went to the black soldier and lowered his weapon. It's a little confusing to indicate wich rank he was but that really doesn't matter. I was just pointing out that the soldiers in the army aren't all white, but there are black soldiers too.
shareI was just pointing out that the soldiers in the army aren't all white, but there are black soldiers too.No, I got that. I just felt like making a funny correction that had nothing to do with the primary topic.\
Also, that contradiction you pointed out is strange. I never noticed that. Hmmmm... and I know this movie front and back too. Strange indeed..
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Been a while since I saw this movie, but as I remember, it was Denzel, Tony Shalhoub, and Annette Benning.
Who is Asian and who is Jewish?
Tony Shalhoub is Jewish, and the girl detective was asian..
shareI don't remember Shalhoub's character (or him in real life) being Jewish. As far as I remember, his character was either Christian or Muslim Lebanese.
shareTony Shalhoub's character is a Lebanese Muslim. Thus we see his 15 year old son being included in the terror suspect's profiling and therefore detained.
The OP was way off.
There was no indication through the movie that Annette Bening's character was Jewish. That one's come from left field too.
You forget that, according to the PC police, Asians don't count as a protected class of minorities. We're roped in together with whiteys, except maybe when we're behind the wheel.
sharesure, it's a propaganda movie tactic.
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