While clicking around Netflix I found this film which I already have on
Blu-ray at home. It's worth watching again, so why not today?
It's the meeting of two worlds. A hard-nosed FBI agent is sent from America to
Galway, a sleepy little town on the Irish coast, to wait for an illegal drugs
shipment to arrive from America. It's $500,000 of cocaine. He has to team up
with an Irish police sergeant who enjoys working in a quiet town and wants it
to stay quiet.
There's only one good thing about racism: it's good to laugh at. When shown
photos of the alleged drug dealers, all white, Sergeant Boyle exclaims,
"I thought all drug dealers are black". When this statement is
questioned, he adds "Or Mexicans". In a later scene he justifies being
racist by saying that racism is part of the Irish culture. Yes, racists are
stupid, and it's fun to laugh at them, whether it's in a film or in real life.
Yesterday I watched the first episode of "Wednesday" out of curiosity. It's
good to see a new series created by Al Gough and Miles Millar. It's more than
20 years since they started "Smallville", but they still have creative talent.
In addition, Tim Burton has directed four of the episodes. I wanted to write
something about the first episode yesterday, but I didn't have time. My
granddaughter Rose was sick, so I had to step in as babysitter for eight
hours. I'll put off writing about "Wednesday" until I've caught up with my
"Smallville" posts. When I return to Germany I'll be five weeks behind, and I
want to catch up as quickly as possible. My posts about "Wednesday" will
probably concentrate on presenting screenshots rather than writing full reviews.
Probably. I'll make my mind up when I get to it. If I don't start writing
about "Wednesday" by the end of the year, feel free to write an offensive
comment to remind me of my promise.
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