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.

Contemporary news coverage of the William Hartnell era is examined in this new documentary presented by Mary Tamm.
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.
We’ve always known that Edgar Wright is a mixologist when it comes to blending sound, light, colour, and texture. This is especially true in the first act of the film. In fact, all of my positive feedback is directed exclusively at the first act of this film.
With the theme of unemployment, it presents a family fantasy anecdote rather the a comment on social problems.
A trio of girls form a band and enter a singing competition together after learning they work best as a team.
Holiday hijinks ensue when a recently separated couple are both accidently invited to same holiday celebration.
'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.