THE ‘GODS’ HAS HUMANITY
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People know that the Bushman with his Coke bottle, the girl with her frilly clothes, the man with the complete lack of coordination when around women, and the terrorists with their card-playing goons are all simply characters in a movie.
Are any of these people portrayed completely realistically?
So don’t get bent out of shape about the black’s role (whatever it is) in “The Gods” unless you cry about how the girl is made fun of, how scientists are made fun of, and how terrorists are made fun of . . . not to mention Coke.
JENN BLADE
Huntington Beach
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