I was hearing that most of the hate on Kevin Costner’s accent in Prince of Thieves was dog whistle racism against Morgan Freeman because an actual Olde English would’ve been unintelligible. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mel would want to satirize a toxic fandom.
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KingJalopy@lemm.ee · 29 pts · 2y
That was such a sick burn at the time lol. Love that movie so much.
BossDj@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y
The crowd even goes ooooh! Haha
takeda@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
The original quote is much better: https://youtu.be/rrFmuiF2ENY
Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I was hearing that most of the hate on Kevin Costner’s accent in Prince of Thieves was dog whistle racism against Morgan Freeman because an actual Olde English would’ve been unintelligible. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mel would want to satirize a toxic fandom.
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Grobmobularb@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
One of the best movies of my childhood.
Slovene@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 2y
Inconceivable!
... oh, sorry, wrong movie, Cary.