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‘Red Tails’ a disservice to Tuskegee Airmen →

The movie “Red Tails” could not possibly have been “inspired by” the Tuskegee Airmen, as billed, for it is little more than a black comedy about guys who clown and connive their way through World War II, supposedly as combat pilots. Disheveled, undisciplined, crude and uncouth, they are the exact opposite of the real men who served in the all-black fighter group in the 1940s.In this movie — which has raked in millions of dollars at the box office and even got a thumbs up from President Obama — the squad leader finds courage in a bottle of booze while his wingman’s lust for an Italian woman leads to insubordination. During dogfights with the German Luftwaffe, the black pilots behave like kids in a video arcade.

I have to say I agree. Too bad! 

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   Damn. I was excited about this.

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   George Lucas, you strike again!!

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    but then you have to add in the “Hollywood factor” where movies usually exaggerate things to make good drama.

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    I haven’t seen the movie, but from the trailers I do get that vibe.

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