{"id":14552,"date":"2019-02-27T06:57:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=14552"},"modified":"2019-02-27T06:58:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:58:00","slug":"the-green-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=14552","title":{"rendered":"The Green Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2019 Oscar winning movie has been, shall we say, quite controversial. Here is a summary of much that was deemed problematic in this country trying to come to terms with race relations: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2019\/01\/220609\/green-book-movie-controversy-racism-don-shirley-family-story<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More cautious criticism but also pointers to a more trustworthy retelling of the story now showing at the Smithsonian channel can be found here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.theroot.com\/the-green-book-guide-to-freedom-documentary-provides-a-1832866861<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.citylab.com\/life\/2019\/02\/the-documentary-highlighting-the-real-green-book\/583546\/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=citylab&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=2019-02-26T12%3A04%3A09.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am not writing much about it, because I’ve done so before and the sources above are informative, but also because I want to share what made me laugh, laugh hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are some of the spot-on the responses to a tweet by Jemelle Hill, staff writer at The Atlantic,<\/em> after the announcement at the Oscars. They are various clever permutations from a Twitter thread ( with senders’ names cut for brevity.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n