Posts tagged racism
My Piece on The Jaleel White Special Gave Me an Excuse to Re-Run This Piece on the Insane Animated Special Our Friend, Martin, Where White Voices MLK
My Piece on The Jaleel White Special Gave Me an Excuse to Re-Run This Piece on the Insane Animated Special Our Friend, Martin, Where White Voices MLK

Shortly before the release of Battflefield Earth John Travolta contributed a voice to 1999’s Our Friend, Martin, an insane special with the balls to ask, “Why don’t 12 year olds from the present travel back in time to save Martin Luther King’s life?”

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Travolta/Cage, The Travolta/Cage ProjectNathan RabinJohn Travolta, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, animation, race, racism
There Are Probably Better Ways to Pay Tribute to the Late Treat Williams Than by Revisiting His Performance in The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option But That's What We're Going With
There Are Probably Better Ways to Pay Tribute to the Late Treat Williams Than by Revisiting His Performance in The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option But That's What We're Going With

For Direct-to-Video Sequel month I watched and wrote about an enjoyably stupid anti-racism action movie involving Treat Williams beating up the members of a Neo-Nazi military school cult called The Werewolf Company, 2001’s The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, Direct to Video SequelsNathan RabinTreat Williams, Bill Nunn, Angie Everhart, Direct to video sequel month, Neo-Nazi, White Supremacist, racism