The protest against the racist scene in the move “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard” drew a positive outcome with Paramount Studios apologizing. According to protest organizer, Guy Aoki, at least 43 people showed up in support of this outcry. A few hours before the protest, the president of Paramount sent the apology via email to the president of the JACL, and offered to meet with him and with representatives of other API groups also denouncing the scene. Paramount also said they will pull the trailers from movie theatres—but not from the movie itself, which is already showing.
With this, Mr. Aoki questions the significance of the gesture. “That didn't make sense,” he says, “the movie's already out so why would you show its trailers in a theatre?” What Paramount can do if they are seriously contrite is remove the scene altogether in the movie. But, Leanne Suter of KABC reports that it may be the funniest scene in the movie, in which case it’s a red flag to all that the film won’t be delivering the goods. You’ll probably get a better laugh elsewhere!
See related post, “The Bad: Live Free, Sell Hard”
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