Where have you been, Gopher? That movie was quite well known when it was made. If you say you are an American, it is even more remarkable that you haven’t heard of it.
Last time I went to the movies: May, 1991.
Yes, I kinda 'square', that is, not with the current trends.
The cartoon may be racist, in bad taste, may even show hatred against Obama, all that is beside the point. They have freedom of speech in USA; The Post had a perfect right to print the cartoon.
When the Dixie Chicks said something about Bush they were attacked by the right wing press and everybody else. Their lives were even threatened! Thankfully, there were a few people on this forum who defended them.
To those who don’t like the cartoon, don’t buy or read the Post. As somebody said, if by now anybody hasn’t figured out that Murdoch is a racist (or at least a Republican), he has been living in a bubble.
That point's been made already: the boycott has begun and it is going to hurt Murdoch's already faltering business.
But the point is, it is a question of freedom of speech. No doubt there have been equally offensive cartoons from the left.
The media have not portrayed any politician or political type figure as he victim of a shooting.
Note that New Yorkers have responded with a boycott and not with threats like those made against the Dixie Chicks.