Post by Prime etc. on Apr 21, 2021 15:29:40 GMT
So America made a film to "stir up" England to fight in WW 2, when America itself was reluctant to join the fight, and didn't until over 2 years after the war started, and even then didn't declare war on Germany, only Japan, and only did declare war on Germany after Germany declared war on USA following the declaration against Japan!! That's rich,
No if your theory was true-there would be lots of successful white man stories besides that one.
But there aren't.
You can't even name a comparable film with such a character because they don't exist.
It's like a rule--if white, then add divorce or family problems. Gene Hackman is important in the story but he is the dysfunctional one.
He has no family except his cat.
As for The Sea Hawk--Warner Bros and other studios were international in focus-they weren't American-centered. So they would make films designed for international viewers and have political viewpoints on current events---they routinely made films about immigrants (usually Italian) to the US.
So there was always the political viewpoint somewhere in the story.