audio opensource_audio The best laid plans, folks. After Cinemaslave host Joe Barlow happened to catch a screening of Columbia Pictures' 1943 Batman film this week, and found himself horrified by its unabashed anti-Japanese sentiment, Joe threw out the planned episode and instead devotes this installment of the 'Slave to a look at cinematic racism. We'll continue the discussion next week, but for now, tip-toe with your host through the minefields of D.W. Griffith and Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer as we explore the effects that outdated prejudices can have on a film's artistic legacy. batman; dw griffith; birth of a nation; intolerance; broken blossoms; jazz singer; meet the spartans Joe Barlow http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ BlameItOnBatman Seagull2525@yahoo.com 2008-02-09 19:19:00 2008-02-09 19:29:06