Tuesday, June 03, 2003

The sanitized TV version of A Time to Kill on CBS the other night was a real hoot; one of those times when the censor actually gave a movie a whole 'nuther dimension. The story, set in what I think is Mississippi, is about a white lawyer who defends a black man on a murder rap. He has his work cut out for him, too, as the town is against him and keeps getting anonymous calls from people who think he's a "Negro-lover." There's even a clandestine Klan meeting, where good old boys plot to "kill that Negro." Yes, they're a murderous gang of thugs, but hey, at least they don't resort to resort to hate speech ...

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