Comments on: ‘The Beaver’ Gets February 11, 2011 U.K. Release Date https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-20101108/ Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:00:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Matt https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-20101108/#comment-108959 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2010/more/uncategorized/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-121887/#comment-108959 I want to echo Emily\’s sentiments. Why the cheap shot at Great Britain? It\’s not like us Americans haven\’t done some pretty awful things in our rich cultural history. You may recall the widespread exploitation and massacre of Native Americans or that unfortunate time in which we thought slavery was hunky dory. I suspect there was some rape and pillaging involved in those two rather obvious examples of brutality in American history.

Anyway, that you slammed the Brits takes the whole focus off of what the article was supposed to be about.

]]> By: Oliver Lyttelton https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-20101108/#comment-108960 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2010/more/uncategorized/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-121887/#comment-108960 Emily, Christmas is coming up. Would now be a good time to ask your loved ones for a sense of humor? It\’s the gift that keeps on giving.

]]> By: Emily https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-20101108/#comment-108961 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2010/more/uncategorized/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-121887/#comment-108961 I actually find your comment quite offensive, i was interested in reading your article as i would love to watch The Beaver, and have been waiting for a long time like alot of people to see it, and being British i wondered why they would set a release date in the UK for the film before the US, but reading your comment….\’Whether British audiences are able to stomach Gibson in a lead role remains to be seen, but considering that Britain has hundreds of years of colonial history involving rape, pillage and generally being unpleasant to people in foreign lands, it’s not entirely surprising that Icon feel it may be a little more receptive to Gibson…\’ I really don\’t think the past colonial history of Britain or any other country for that matter was the reason why they chose to release The Beaver film in the UK in February 2011, a very disappointing read indeed!

]]> By: Alex https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-20101108/#comment-108962 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2010/more/uncategorized/the-beaver-gets-february-11-2011-u-k-release-date-121887/#comment-108962 Didn\’t Gibson sell the Icon distribution arm a few years ago?

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