https://youtu.be/R7yfISlGLNU?is=SlCQdW4RDPhYX08G for the youngsters
Yes, important to note that the plot is entirely from a Confederate POV. It’s a throwaway plot — not as problematically soaked in Confederate Lost Cause nostalgia as, say, Gone With the Wind, merely an absurdity situated in Civil War Georgia — but it’s definitely one of those films you see for the filmmaking and not for the story. And it’s definitely one to skip if you’re not willing to compartmentalize that (which to be clear is a perfectly reasonable refusal to make).
https://mathstodon.xyz/@markgritter/117482290292862972
Yes, important to note that the plot is entirely from a Confederate POV. It’s a throwaway plot — not as problematically soaked in Confederate Lost Cause nostalgia as, say, Gone With the Wind, merely an absurdity situated in Civil War Georgia — but it’s definitely one of those films you see for the filmmaking and not for the story. And it’s definitely one to skip if you’re not willing to compartmentalize that (which to be clear is a perfectly reasonable refusal to make).
https://mathstodon.xyz/@markgritter/117482290292862972
From the accursed sands of Arabia, out of the lost Emirate of Sharjah, came Ajman this monstrous black-and-white mau of ancient, prehuman lineage. Eighteen pounds of unnatural bulk, with sable head, pallid breast, and paws like those of some forgotten demon idol. His hideous nocturnal yowls demand rites older than mankind. His pleas for treats admit no refusal. By what unspeakable process I became his servant I cannot say. I know only that I obey, and that he grows ever more powerful.