The White Man’s Burden

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1. Shola says:
   September 13, 2011 at 11:52 am

   I can’t believe this. Smh.

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2. Bucktown Intifada says:
   September 13, 2011 at 12:10 pm

   I want to see the movie where the African rebel/freedom fighter/mercenary/born-again Christian goes to Mississippi and builds an orphanage and blows up the Klan.

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   • gussorusso says:
     September 14, 2011 at 9:42 pm

     i seriously laughed for like 5 minutes straight when i read this.

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   • Brenda says:
     October 12, 2011 at 7:49 am

     You are one funnu guy, seriously! My ribs are aching!

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3. Tom Devriendt says:
   September 13, 2011 at 12:19 pm

   Said gonna be a revival tonight ooh, Soulsavers, whatcha doing?

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4. Lou says:
   September 13, 2011 at 12:30 pm

   “I think I want to go over there.”
   “Africa?”
   “they need all the help they can get.”

   AAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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5. nic says:
   September 13, 2011 at 12:39 pm

   Oh my goodness, is this for real?!

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6. Kweli says:
   September 13, 2011 at 2:38 pm

   This one is a little more complicated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGC_7TsuV4

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7. tee says:
   September 13, 2011 at 2:57 pm

   oh great, self-less white hero comes to save hapless african victims. please spare me.
   (i would like to see if and how they develop the african characters though)

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8. Sean Jacobs says:
   September 13, 2011 at 3:16 pm

   @tee: I think I heard a white South African accent on one of the female characters (though the trailer made it seem they’re mere love interests to our Machine Gun Preacher). This was also the idea in Blood Diamond.
   I also thought it was odd to Soulemane Sy Savane so brilliant in “Goodbye Solo” here playing what was the Djimon Hounsou part in Blood Diamonds.

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9. Matt Richmond (@brainofmatter) says:
   September 13, 2011 at 4:49 pm

   I think we should all get off our high horses and remember that this type of movie has been made for just about every combination of black people, white people, africans, middle easterners, people from harlem, Indiana, Texas, Alaska, the middle of the amazon, my backyard, your backyard, Mars, etc. imaginable. This movie is about a guy finding himself by helping kids (with a machine gun…), where they are located really doesn’t matter – which is proven by how many times this plotline has been repeated.

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10. Mambolo says:
    September 13, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    This is garbage.
    There is a movie about some blacks guys leaving afrika and retrieving some of our goods stolen by white people, anyone knows the name?

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    • Kweli says:
      September 13, 2011 at 6:29 pm

      That movie is called Mr. LadySmith Mambazo goes to Washington. It is still in filming.

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11. Michael Kirkpatrick (@OtimMichael) says:
    September 13, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Machine Gun Preacher could do serious damage to the improving image of Africa in America and actually endanger people on the ground. It also perverts the image of Christianity. I find it despicable that Christians actually support this movie.

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12. Pied Crow says:
    September 13, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    I actually saw this trailer while waiting to see “The Debt” and could not believe my eyes and ears. Amazing. This is a cliche wrapped in a dubious premise wrapped in a feel-good layer of crunchy Christianity. Yuck.

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13. Travis says:
    September 19, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    Cowboys and Indians. Rehashed. Trash. Unfortunately films like these are feeding a generation of American “do-gooders” a set of “moral” convictions.

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