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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:51 PM Original message |
Do you think 'On the Waterfront' was an anti-union film? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. If you think all unions are corrupt, then you'd think it was anti-union. |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes. The whole "naming names" aspect, and Brando/Terry's... |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So in answer to your question No. Not anti-union. (n/t) |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wasnt Elie Kazan a friend of leftist Arthur Miller and a leftist himself |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes. And they had a huge falling out over Kazan's testimony to HUAAC. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. It portrays unions in a bad light, and thus is as anti-union |
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bo44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is anti street crooks taking over a union of common folks just like |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It's the perfect metaphor |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. a union is not just its leadership, the rank and file are more important |
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