(Note: It's a film analysis. No spoilers in the traditional sense, but a discussion of themes. It still may be too much for some people. I get it. No pressure. It’ll be here when you’re ready.)
You made an excellent point about the parallels between time for a vampire and time for a Black share cropped that I hadn't even considered! It's like at the end of the day for them, the horror persist in a different manner. Great work.
This is so good; probably my favorite read on the film yet! "They still have to deal with their lives, whatever those may be." That line speaks to my one critique of SINNERS: I hated Smoke's ending because the surviving Black folks in town would have suffer for it. I love a violent, vengeful film moment as much as the next person, but in the Jim Crow South the Klan would make the rest of the townsfolk pay for his choice.
You made an excellent point about the parallels between time for a vampire and time for a Black share cropped that I hadn't even considered! It's like at the end of the day for them, the horror persist in a different manner. Great work.
"It's like at the end of the day for them, the horror persist in a different manner." - yes, that's exactly it. Thank you for reading!
This is so good; probably my favorite read on the film yet! "They still have to deal with their lives, whatever those may be." That line speaks to my one critique of SINNERS: I hated Smoke's ending because the surviving Black folks in town would have suffer for it. I love a violent, vengeful film moment as much as the next person, but in the Jim Crow South the Klan would make the rest of the townsfolk pay for his choice.
Thank you! This is a great, historically accurate point. I'm glad you interpreted that line to also be about unintended consequences.
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