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Code 46 (2003)
Hairy armpits and a bald vagina what more could you want?
A very atmospheric, futuristic romance. A combination of many genres from sic-fi, to romance, to a somewhat post apocalyptic world where big government controls who can mate with whom and where government can erase peoples thoughts as well as dictate where they live. Also, who can resist a young woman tied to a bed with hairy armpits and a bald vagina! My have! Anyways, I digress. As many other reviewers have mentioned it has a Bladerunner kind of feel to it although it is a much brighter and sunnier movie. It is a very well written and well acted movie that makes you think. Whenever people are told what to do, in general most people will do what they are told for a while but eventually someone will challenge authority and although they will initially fail, eventually a groundswell of popular dissent will take place that leads to change, revolution, etc...
The Central Park Five (2012)
Societal Decay.
I think this documentary was done well overall. It captures an era in US history when New York City and many US cities were in rapid decline due to the economy, drugs, crime, white flight, etc
What happened with the Central Park Five was the culmination of many factors that ultimately led to their conviction then exoneration. To put things in context, in 1989 NYC was in the midst of an unprecedented crime wave. In 1989 there were 2,244 murders and 5,479 rapes in NYC. In 1989 and even to this day, crime statistics show 90% of all crime in New York is perpetrated by blacks and other minorities, including the criminal that was ultimately convicted of brutally raping and almost beating to death the female white jogger. At the time, Central Park seemed like a piece of calm and safety amid the crime and chaos of NY. The night of the incident, when police got reports of a gang of colored teenagers beating and terrorizing people in the park, they quickly picked up these five kids who were in the area. Under great public pressure to get the sociopath(s) responsible for this heinous crime, the police threw out their code of ethics and justice and unbelievably contrived and then cajoled false confessions out of five naive and susceptible teens and their unwitting parents. Although lacking any physical evidence and with conflicting stories from the teens, with their own contrived video taped confessions, the five teens (scapegoats) were convicted and sentenced to prison. Ultimately, another minority in prison for murder confessed to the crime and the 5 teens were vindicated as being innocent. What this documentary shows is many parts of a society in decay
from the break down of the justice system, the manipulation and railroading of innocent teens by police, the media hype that overlooked the facts, the outrageous level of crime perpetrated by minorities, overzealous prosecutors who want the feather in their cap despite the teens innocence, etc
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A good, insightful documentary.