Dissecting the Casual Racism of “Airplane!”
Airplane! (1980) is a fun spoof comedy with lots of laughs, right? I watched this film for the first time the other night. I loved it. Then came the racist jokes.
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Fed up with a long-distance running champion who constantly humiliates him, Ian enters an underground race where hundreds of participants run until they collapse. The prize is a sum of money that could change his family’s life. In a game where stopping means death, the past he’s trying to escape seems to be catching up with him…
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Fed up with a long-distance running champion who constantly humiliates him, Ian enters an underground race where hundreds of participants run until they collapse. The prize is a sum of money that could change his family’s life. In a game where stopping means death, the past he’s trying to escape seems to be catching up with him…
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Genre:Drama, Thriller
Written By:Gonzague Legout
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Runtime:81 minutes
Studio:Bright Lights Films, Kobayashi Prod.
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