The Movie Rating System with Karina Longworth
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Birth of a Nation - It's So Long
Birth of a Nation is two and a half hours long. It feels very long especially today because it's so ugly. There's so much horrible shit in it. You know, one thing that I think is interesting is that when this Supreme Court decision came down declaring that movies were commerce and not art, the decision was written by Justice Joseph McKenna. He wrote some very flowery language about how he believed that the statement and regulate the content of movies because they quote, maybe used for evil. But not in Birth of a Nation which we all agree is great and supports a wonderfully racist and evil belief system.
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