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July 16, 2014
In the first Planet of the Apes, Charlton Heston, the ultimate white man,
In Rod Serling’s screenplay, gorillas are the Irish cops, orangutans the conservative WASP ruling class, and chimpanzees the liberal Jewish intellectuals who are Heston’s only hope. Heston famously noticed: … an instinctive segregation on the set. Not only would the apes eat together, but the chimpanzees ate with the chimpanzees, the gorillas ate with the gorillas, the orangutans ate with the orangutans, and the humans would eat off by themselves. It was quite spooky.Every Ape for Himself - Taki's Magazine
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One thing I noticed even as a kid, was how the apes were stratified by they're whiteness. The orangutangs were the smartest, highest status and the whitest. Chimps, lower on the totem pole, and less white. The darkest were the gorillas and also the most violent and dumbest.
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at July 17, 2014 1:28 AM
One thing I noticed even as a kid, was how the apes were stratified by their whiteness. The orangutangs were the smartest, highest status and the lightest skinned. Chimps, lower on the totem pole, and less white. The darkest were the gorillas and they were also the most violent and dumbest.
Posted by: Mumblix Grumph at July 17, 2014 1:29 AM
Too much monkey business. More fun than a barrel full of monkeys.
He doth like the ape that the higher he clymbes the more he shows his ars.
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Toots and the Maytals nailed it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wf0yKzpGAY
My uncle Letsgo Lozko raised bantam chickens and none of 'em were ever in a barrel.
Posted by: chasmatic at July 17, 2014 5:01 AM
"...even on the set..."
Well, Stanislavski's "method acting" (at an astonishing rate of "tuition" for "Hey!, Kids!, learn to act! Discover "the craft"!) and all that!
Posted by: CaptDMO at July 17, 2014 6:58 AM
Yanno we raised bantam chickens too...and they were fine!
Posted by: pbird at July 17, 2014 8:25 AM
I'm pleased to admit that not once did I ever consider the possibility that Planet of the Apes was an allegory about race.
There are advantages to avoiding a university "education."
Posted by: Rob De Witt at July 17, 2014 9:52 AM