FORREST GUMP IS WHITE SUPREMACY

[@zedwerdgorey]

Corrections:
1. I accidentally dropped the 's' at the end of Charles Mills in my voice over
2. Forrest's run happened in '82, Figueroa's was in '81. Got em mixed up.
And I'll say it again here, more concretely and with more visibility: the same way you're not supposed to take the movie at face value, so too should you not take this rant at face value. I think this is a well made and entertaining film AND it's pretty problematic. I'm hyperbolizing my opinions both for comic effect and cuz this is the internet and we're not allowed to make lukewarm takes here.
Take it easy

[@SkorpyoTFC]

You accidently uploaded a piece of shit where everyone could see it, too. You should correct that.

[@MrX-hz2hn]

I guess that in your younger years, no one told you the story of the boy who cried white supremacy.
You have managed to do to white supremacy with this essay what Amber Hurd did to domestic violence with her trial performance.

[@jandresnyman7812]

This is the epitome of “it’s easy to sound like you know what you’re talking about when you’re criticising”

[@borisfenestra]

You sir, are the single most unhinged individual I've ever come across on this site. Thanks for giving me something to laugh at

[@SuperYoshi-gl2fp]

Dude you need to touch grass bro

[@pauln758]

@@SuperYoshi-gl2fp pretty sure he drags his ass along it on the reg

[@pauln758]

It must suck to see life through your eyes.

[@MidnightMark12]

First world problems are expensive.

[@CyberWeez]

No kidding. What a shame.

[@samuel_iv]

more likes than the video 👍

[@pauln758]

I truly hope he's created this for click bait, but sadly, I don't think this is the case.

[@joraldthewizard2327]

Quite impressive trolling u got there. Good job dude

[@euanbrown4665]

Who let bro cook 😭😭💀💀
Blud’s wife’s boyfriend needs to take his computer aways.

[@ArjunSingh-ff6kk]

bro delete the channel

[@TransparencyandMerit]

He is to much of an egocentric MidWit to do that

[@IrelandAbu]

w ratio

[@hellothere44]

This has to be rage bait, there is just no other way

[@PipeDreamExtreme]

The innocuous naming of the title character (at the time it was a Southern tradition to name children after Confederate figures) and him replacing Yoko Ono in the Lennon interview does not equate to “white supremacy”. When Forrest buys the shrimp boat from Bubba’s family, you said yourself that it’s only because of the hurricane that he has any success, not because he’s white. Could the movie have been more critical of American exceptionalism and less hostile toward Leftism during the 60s/70s? Maybe, but you’d rather focus on a nonexistent thread of racialism.

[@happyscooter228]

This is the video essay equivalent of Justin Timberlake's "I just hate slavery so so much" speech from Bad Teacher.

[@user-tu6gz5ub7j]

how do i select not recommended? i'm indian

[@pederfallbom]

Cmon!? You are on a very strange path!

[@jadenharris1822]

Something is very wrong with the way you perceive the world around you.

[@MidnightMark12]

Shaming is a lost art that’s time to return.

[@macktonight9511]

yep

[@macktonight9511]

wait until he reads the book

[@Learnedit4me]

Unless its biden or Bernie sanders​@@MidnightMark12

[@ronburgandy2223]

You forgot to mention that Forest Gump also is a “gun obsessed RUclipsr”

[@Pe1ayo]

the like to dislike ratio rn is 23:102

[@georgijaru156]

At first, I wanted to write a comment about how bad I feel for you, since you view the world with so much unnecessary toxicity. But then I saw other comments, it's so heartwarming to see that we are still not completely fucked. Take care ✨♥️✨

[@goober_985]

this is satire right? genuine question i can't tell 😭

[@user-to2gh7sg3l]

The part where Forrest belittles Tyrone and says " Quit talkin' get me another bourbon boy!..." is incredibly racist..... What a bigoted movie... And the he treats Shamiqa is even worse!

[@jonathanlewis6146]

Movie nerd take: To everyone pissed, he opened the video by basically saying that *when viewing the film through the lens of critical race theory* the movie comes off as unintentionally promoting the practice of white supremacy. So to that extent I agree strongly, he makes a very good argument. My issue is actually with the claim that Forrest Gump didn't deserve best picture or any of the other academy awards it received. Because *there are MILLIONS of lenses through which to view a film,* if the academy awards only judged movies through the lens of critical race theory Black Panther would have won best picture just because it had an all black cast. The Oscars should (ideally) reward Best Picture to the film that delivered its INTENDED message in the most powerful, impactful, and artistic way. Forrest Gump, when viewed through this lens, the only lens that should matter when discussing the Oscars, deserved everything it got because the message it was INTENDING to deliver is generally agreed to be Enjoy life/Live in the moment. I'm not sure where he got this 'follow the system and it will reward you' crap, I've never heard anyone else take it that way.

[@MaxMustermann-hk2qs]

Feel free to watch the movie and list the times where it portrays white people as superior, because the examples he gave are really weak at best 👍

[@jonathanlewis6146]

@@MaxMustermann-hk2qs Ok if I was forced to take the negative and view the film through critical race theory, which I feel is a bit harsh and unfair, his points are the major plot points of the film and each either replaces the accomplishment of a person of color, or depicts black people in a negative light. For example, and this is me going off of memory, the only black character's that played a significant role in the film (which there were very few of btw) were either mentally challenged (bubba), poor (bubba's family), or violent and hateful (the black panthers), whilst the white main character was depicted as a loyal, strong, hardworking, generous, and kind. In short, to answer your question, no one scene depicts white people as superior, but rather the film taken as a whole does. *I don't have time to play argument ping-pong so if you still disagree just say you disagree and save us both some time* ✌

[@rowanmelton7643]

​@@jonathanlewis6146Forrest is mentally challenged as well, and every quality you listed about him could describe Bubba as well. And tbh, most every character outside Forrest, Bubba, Lieutenant Dan & Forrests mum is horrible. Let's not pretend the film makes every white person in it look good

[@MaxMustermann-hk2qs]

@@jonathanlewis6146 huh? Forest isn't exactly portrayed as the sharpest tool in the shed either? If anything they show Bubba as the smarter one of the two. So yeah I stll strongly disagree

[@jonathanlewis6146]

@@MaxMustermann-hk2qs Gotcha, ight have a good one 👋

[@IrelandAbu]

just put my fries in the bag

[@steveharveysmustache3988]

Wtf are you talking about bro?

[@alanL3sley]

I'm just going to report this video for misinformation, thanks have a nice day

[@Gomez1915]

DO BLAZING SADDLES NEXT PLEASE!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@zedwerdgorey]

There's nothing left to say about Blazing Saddles. I can't find who said it years ago but, it's true that "you can't make Blazzing Saddles today" because Westerns are no longer en vogue and politics are not the same as they were fifty years ago. Blazzing Saddles is a parody of a genre that was once King of the Box Office, but by the mid-70s, was on the decline.
So, I guess the Blazzing Saddles of today would be The Boys? I haven't seen that show, but it sure seems like it's the correct answer.

[@Marcos_Vermanos]

@@zedwerdgoreyI’d delete the video soon if I were you. The internet can be very unforgiving place when you try labeling something that everyone loves as “racist”, Just look at what happened to the IPOS guy.

[@canaanhebb9351]

just a downright bitter dude, enjoy a movie and touch grass man

[@cxa24]

This film is the opposite in real life

[@magicalcheesefish]

i thought this was actually real until actually listening to the points that you made. good troll ngl

[@4SomeReasin]

This has to be satire 😂

[@monstermash7487]

Seems like you need to ice that shoulder, it must hurt from reaching so much. I get your point, its just a movie. You're also way way WAY off base. Your interpretation is incredibly myopic and jaded.

[@larryromberg5695]

”... just a local idiot.”

[@skyranger1366]

Zedwerd Gorey is like a box of crazy. You aint gonna know what your going to get.

[@spider-manunknown9193]

Bro really called one of the greatest movies ever made a white supremacy?!?! 😭

[@BenAshworth-cd8jl]

I think you need help

[@MidnightMark12]

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[@Frostwulf1313]

Why do you people have to this with everything? Shut up.

[@MidnightMark12]

Just when you thought you've seen it all…
...and to think that ~this~ is what we 'won' in 1945...
The rhetorical question that just won't quit - 'what do you think about...'.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha it's a trick question - we know that they don't think.

[@macktonight9511]

becasue it gets hate clicks. only white people who have xtra income complain about white privilige un ironically

[@Learnedit4me]

You people?

[@Frostwulf1313]

@Learnedit4me that's right. "You people" can refer to a lot of different things. In this cases it refers to that group people who have to twist everything into whatever their agenda is.

[@Learnedit4me]

@@Frostwulf1313 you mean gay trans black apache helipads like me????

[@alexer52]

Based (Gump is our guy)

[@Deeplycloseted435]

You’re going to watch this again one day after you grow up, and you’re going to cringe SO hard.

[@coletrainhetrick]

Pretty funny video. I think its a darn shame that you have people jumping the gun and taking this so seriously. Its obviously satire guys.

[@karmanjakka]

Wow, you're getting the attention you wanted.
Congratulations

[@TheKeggie]

Hate this movie for some of these exact same reasons. I do put blame on Zemeckis, who has previous both before and after. Even the beloved Back to the Future has those moments like Marty McFly inventing Rock n Roll moment.

[@zedwerdgorey]

I think I may have honestly not even put those two together before. I knew BTTF was a Bobby Z and had that crazy "white guy invented it" moment, and I knew that Gump was a Bobby Z and has crazy "white guy invented it" moments, but if I ever did think about them in the same breath, I didn't remember until reading your comment.
And then he also made Who Framed Roger Rabbit which is about the inherent class-warfare and racism of the interstate highway system. The whole reason the villain of the movie is a villain is because he buys a transit service in order to dismantle it and plans to bulldoze the Toontown ghetto for a freeway.
Without even considering all of the technical achievements, Zemeckis' filmography is just so f'kn wild.

[@dr.woozie7500]

Why don't you cover actually racist Hollywood films? Calling this movie white supremacist is just insane.

[@Mac-po1sr]

You are not wrong but you are missing the whole other side to the movie. You are looking at Forrest as some sort of hero antagonist when he really just an observer of events.

[@fghjkl48]

Your understanding of this film seems to be almost entirely based on the outcomes given to it's characters, and that's just a really reductive and silly way to look at it.
In a story, good things happening to a character are not necessarily an endorsement of them. Bad things happening to a character are not a condemnation. The character Forrest Gump doesn't need to challenge American imperialism because the film does that in spades. Lieutenant Dan is a character written entirely for this one storytelling purpose. His disillusionment with the glory of war, followed by the inference his country shows to him after he's crippled from serving say a lot about the themes you somehow think are absent in this film.
The idea that Gump embodies American exceptionalism is baffling to me. You are right, he is an idiot who is incapable of thinking or acting for himself. The fact that he stumbles into so much success is inherently absurd and played for comedy. I struggle to imagine an audience member who could watch this film and come away thinking that Gump is an exceptional or superior human specimen to those around him. Rather, he is defined by being completely unexceptional. He is born into physical and mental disability, and his exceptional traits, which the film does celebrate, are his kindness and perseverance.
I think this movie is doing a lot of the messaging you're accusing it of lacking, but your point of view is so bitter you miss the Forrest for the trees.

[@zedwerdgorey]

@@fghjkl48 👏👏👏👏 incredibly well said.
I mention in the video and description that this video *is* purposefully reductive and hyperbolic. Yes, it is silly.
As to what audience could misunderstand this film: kids. This is (or once was) a very popular film to show to kids. And most kids, at least back when I was one, have yet to develop a nuanced understanding of U.S. history. I grew up with someone who thought Forrest was real until they were a teenager. Not to mention everyone on the "Fuck Jenny" train. You don't think they're missing the point of the movie?
Idk if this helps, but I kinda have similar feelings about the film Buffalo '66. I think Gump is enjoyable, entertaining, and incredibly well made, but it's also flawed. I think Buffalo '66 is also a very fascinating and well made film, but holy shit is it weird and deeply misogynistic. The only difference is everyone loves Gump, way less people are even aware of Buffalo '66.

[@yourfullofsheite]

I find this almost as well thought out as white replacement theory .

[@underworldfilms8200]

Man joy must be hard for you

[@imalright2837]

Only clicked to see if this was clickbait. No? K that’s all byyyyye 👋🏼
I’ll be sure to leave a dislike on the way out

[@anmolmazoo5993]

yap yap yap

[@ChicagoWoodsman]

Why ppl hate wokies

[@kevink282]

Someone's trying to in praise of shadows them self 😅

[@macktonight9511]

thats exactly what hes doing. if not,hes oblivious

[@alexzhukovsky8361]

The fact that after watching forrest gump you came to these realizations about american culture means that it did, in fact, work well as a satire. You just interpreted your thoughts as some film-critique grade analysis instead of normal after-theatre reflections that everyone who has ever watched this movie has had.

[@MaxMustermann-hk2qs]

Not here to hate, but this really ain't it chief.
Forest is supposed to be a lovable yet bumbling idiot. Even though the movie clearly is supposed to invoke a certain nostalgia for the US in the late 20th century, it's not exactly showing the US government and their policies in their best light. Obviously the movie is not some profound critic of the war in Vietnam, Segregation and Watergate, but portraying segregation as something so obviously wrong that even Forest things it's stupid, or showing him excelling in the Marine Corps because he just doesn't think for himself and blindly follows orders is clearly not praising those things.
Also you saying that they wanted to portray Bubba's family as lazy freeloaders is something I really don't get, when they are shown to be hardworking, and there even is a long sequence of Bubba talking about his families business and wanting to work there after getting out of the Corps.

[@user-to2gh7sg3l]

There's alot more Backspoitation films that are incredibly racist and poorly portraying. The directors don't have names like Robert Zemeckis.

[@GermanAtheist89]

nice Troll Video

[@worldofdoom995]

In Praise of Shadows: I have the worst take on youtube this year.
you: hold my beer

[@YomamaAhippo]

You have got to be trolling.

[@MrCarlojensen]

You didn't finish school did you?

[@jon4139]

meds

[@MidnightMark12]

The thought that I saw Luke Skywalker as a hero when I was a child puts a taste in my mouth that I just can't seem to get rid of when watching Mark Hamill spew bullshit like a fertilizer broadcaster

[@cdk2968]

I largely concur with your critique. Furthermore, the titular character always struck me as a strangely inappropriate and somewhat exploitative portrayal of a person with intellectual disabilities.

[@euanbrown4665]

You need to go outside.

[@willkoestner4159]

I dont think anyone has to agree with you in order to watch the film and think....so those were a lot of weird choices. Like, alot

[@rubixpuzzlechamp]

This guy wishes he was Renegade Cut

[@zedwerdgorey]

@@rubixpuzzlechamp not wrong. I like that guy's channel. This is supposed to be a channel for horror movies but, despite what people in these comments believe, I'm too busy living life and "touching grass" to make those videos. This video was just a quick thing I was able to fart out while working on the two gigs, two future gigs, and one normie job that I'm currently juggling. I'm pleased with the engagement it's getting so far. Keep boosting my numbers, folks.

[@euanbrown4665]

@@zedwerdgoreyYour nasally voice suits you perfectly.

[@IrelandAbu]

bro got a 29 like to a 200 dislike ratio

[@macktonight9511]

everyone point and laugh at the the soy man.

[@user-bn6dn1by7r]

I clicked on this because I thought this title is sarcastic, dude you really need to grow a brain

[@streetdrummersinc4387]

?

[@TrunkyDunks]

This level of delusion is honestly impressive

[@booombasa]

I think you need help my brother.
The views you have are beyond anything normal

[@renatus6883]

wow this proves you can twist any narrative with this new Critical Race theory crap

[@Am-ih5nf]

Ive always thought this! Amazing to see someone else articulate it and in a video essay haha.

[@chae_shoko]

lol iam not white person iam living japan but i seen this film. This opinion is simply absurd. You must have issues of life to find something like this from this film. Very lousy try to cause more division in our confusing world :c

[@imlimpoism9260]

the character was actually based off of a nazi but ok

[@shuikai272]

I think you might be overthinking things a little bit

[@angelogarcia2189]

Its not really a hot take. I have heard plenty of people say more or less the same thing.

[@thatcandont]

Entertaining

[@macktonight9511]

edgelord

[@stevenmcnair1897]

This is pretty funny! Great movie tho

[@PV75445]

Hope this is a satirical video lol.

[@Euderos91]

Why was this crap recommended for me?!

[@NatasUzu]

I guess you got to get views some how

[@zedwerdgorey]

@@NatasUzu shh, they're falling for it

[@joeybible683]

This was lazy

[@zedwerdgorey]

@@joeybible683 you're right! I wanted to capitalize on the 30th anniversary of this movie but I don't have enough time for a deeper, more nuanced video that addresses other readings you can make of this film, so instead I made this in literally three days, only covering the most negative reading one could make. Thanks for the lazy comment 👋

[@joeybible683]

​@@zedwerdgoreyI have to ask, was this analysis satire?

[@zedwerdgorey]

@@joeybible683 I mean I do believe this movie is very flawed. It has a perplexing perspective on the events it covers, and the fact that a lot of the things Forrest accomplishes were actually done by persons of color in real life is super creepy. I think it's a hard film to pin down because I don't think even the film knows what it's ultimately trying to say, it's tonally at war with itself, it wants to have its box of chocolates and eat it too.
Forrest is named after a Confederate cuz "...welp"? He's the perfect soldier cuz he's a complete idiot? He's a terrible fisherman and only succeeds through either dumb luck or divine intervention? What the hell is the messaging? Him getting the Apple stock on top of everything is simply infuriating, but the film is supposed to be a comedy and, well, I guess that is an infuriatingly comedic thing to have happen.
The more flagrant stuff like calling for a ban, saying Forrest exploits Bubba's family and gives them a handout, calling the movie an "absolute piece of dog shit"... Yeah that's all hyperbole

[@davidmckelvey2601]

Go outside

[@truncatepool5801]

Delusional

[@narcodium]

Lmao this is an idiot take 😂

[@HeliumMonke]

Why you BOOing him he is right?!

[@colinturner-sy6fh]

A very interesting and thought provoking analysis of this award-winning film. I do like to experience alternative views on things, instead of being confined within an echo chamber where I only see / hear stuff that RUclips or other media outlets believe I would enjoy - well done with this video essay 👍

[@hopelessstrlstfan181]

Sad. See my above comment. Also, please research the phenomenon of Woke Racism. There is a great book of the same title by John McWhortle. It is a good introduction to how this ideology leads to failure in the black community.

[@macktonight9511]

@@hopelessstrlstfan181 in modern times, the black community is responsible for the failures of the black community

[@jacoblovesoper8791]

Love your analysis. The contrast between the way Forrest and Jenny respond to the American dream, and how they're rewarded for it, hadn't occurred to me before. I always thought she was punished for being so rotten to Forrest. I've never read the book, so I missed that it was written as satire.
Don't think too hard, do what The Man tells you and you'll get nearly everything an American needs. So long as you're white.