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<blockquote data-quote="bushytop" data-source="post: 982861" data-attributes="member: 56738"><p>And this is where subjective interpretation comes in I guess... I felt Mortenson's portrayal (if not his lines) did actually show his characters evolution. This is taking into consideration that Tony Lip was a 50's Italian American, who while a real person was much in the mould of a character out of Goodfella's. Any personal growth, no matter how huge would in my opinion be displayed subtly and in an understated manner. </p><p></p><p>It is what it is though, some people (I'd imagine possibly of the older variety) will love it... some people may take offence. The way the world is going though, you may feel well positioned in what is and isn't deemed offensive within the public zeitgeist right now... but if you're anything like me, when the next generation starts getting offended by the things you think are acceptable (not that Tony throwing glasses out due to being used by a black person is acceptable, but a filmmaker using this as a vehicle to express dramatic change from 'wrong' to 'right' and the vagaries in between is fine imho) you will remember this discussion and maybe see it differently, maybe not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bushytop, post: 982861, member: 56738"] And this is where subjective interpretation comes in I guess... I felt Mortenson’s portrayal (if not his lines) did actually show his characters evolution. This is taking into consideration that Tony Lip was a 50’s Italian American, who while a real person was much in the mould of a character out of Goodfella’s. Any personal growth, no matter how huge would in my opinion be displayed subtly and in an understated manner. It is what it is though, some people (I’d imagine possibly of the older variety) will love it... some people may take offence. The way the world is going though, you may feel well positioned in what is and isn’t deemed offensive within the public zeitgeist right now... but if you’re anything like me, when the next generation starts getting offended by the things you think are acceptable (not that Tony throwing glasses out due to being used by a black person is acceptable, but a filmmaker using this as a vehicle to express dramatic change from ‘wrong’ to ‘right’ and the vagaries in between is fine imho) you will remember this discussion and maybe see it differently, maybe not. [/QUOTE]
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