The V forum's been a little off it's game lately, but today they've started a thread that is back to their usual standards of brilliance, and snarkiness, with a mix of irreverance and intelligence. (But not hyperbole.)

V: The board has started a thread that lists all the racist subtext in various movies. Just forty posts long, this already includes such gems as:


In MEN IN BLACK 2 they have to bring back Tommy Lee Jones because it's clear The Man doesn't believe a black man can get the job done without whitey's help.

Pirates of the Caribbean is racist because it clearly implies that, while white pearls are fine and good, freaky black pearls are cursed.

THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON is obviously representative of how whitey feels about ethnic neighbourhoods.

The suave and attractive Billy Dee Williams was Harvey Dent in BATMAN, but by BATMAN FOREVER he'd been jettisoned in favour of a cackling white Tommy Lee Jones.

Denzel Washington doesn't even kiss romantic interest Julia Roberts in THE PELICAN BRIEF.

In DANCES WITH WOLVES, the barbaric treatment of Native Americans is really hard on Kevin Costner.

TERMINATOR 2: A black man is responsible for Skynet and eventually, the destruction of the world as we know it.

Disney's Tarzan: A magical AFrican dreamland devoid of Black people. First white [person] to step foot in the jungle is declared KING.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: A screed against illegal aliens if ever there was one. RACIST!

CINDERELLA - she's kicked to the curb and treated like dirt when she's all covered in ashes and her skin is darker, but once she's cleaned up and sparkly white again? HELLO PRINCE CHARMING.

Lord of the Rings: Who are the vile enemies of the Army of the Last Anglo Hope? The only non-white humans you see in the entire trilogy.

Yes, yes, you must join Delphi to see the thread, but goddammit, for the umteenth time, the V is so worth the five seconds it'll take for you to join. Get thee hence!!