Kindergarden Cop Pulled From Drive-In After Complaints That It Is Racist

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However, that hasn’t stopped the PG-rated comedy from being pulled from an Oregon drive-in theater after facing accusations of romanticizing the idea of a police presence in schools and reinforcing racist stereotypes. Yes, you read that right, someone has leveled these claims at Kindergarten Cop .
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This was posted on another thread but it just shows that things can get really ridiculous. Who hasn’t seen this movie. This is an old movie and It was never pulled for the one line where the little boy says, boys have a penis and girls have a vagina, no it is pulled for racism.
 
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Tje article mentions one person writing something against the movie. Was this movie pulled because of the complaints of a single person?
 
Really? Pulling the movie from a drive in is going to wreck anyone’s day…wish that was the biggest issue we faced in life!

The movie is readily available for viewing…I would think if there was anything to this, rentals and viewership rates will go through the roof, otherwise the outrage seems a bit dramatic.
 
One person boycotting cuts the average drive-in’s revenue in half. Probably self-preservation.
 
The irony of you seeing issues with the outrage (who is outraged about this?) over a movie being pulled for being racist, with not a single comment about the idiocy of someone’s actual outrage over the movie being shown in the first place. That’s an example of something most sane people on both sides of the aisle could come together and agree on and say “that’s ridiculous.” Yet, somehow, you declined to join the rest of us. Come on man.
 
LOL. Clever us of question sanity and “Come on man” in the same paragraph…hope it wasn’t lost on you target audience, Albert!
 
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Does one single person have that kind of power? I doubt it.
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I looked at some other articles. In other articles, they mention interactions with a number of people in the commu ity and staff that did not want the movie shown. These other articles don’t say or imply that concerns of racism are what was expressed by the community. That has, from what I’ve seen so far, only been attributed to a single person. I’d hesitate to attribute the ideas of that single person to the larger community without more information showing that specific complaint is shared.
 
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Does one single person have that kind of power? I doubt it.
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I looked at some other articles. In other articles, they mention interactions with a number of people in the commu ity and staff that did not want the movie shown. These other articles don’t say or imply that concerns of racism are what was expressed by the community. That has, from what I’ve seen so far, only been attributed to a single person. I’d hesitate to attribute the ideas of that single person to the larger community without more information showing that specific complaint is shared.
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These movies were a response to Covid 19, a way for families to get out. The movie was sold out so not sure if families got their money back.
A spokesperson says NWFC considered not just Leveen’s comments in its decision, but "a dozen others, including Black community members who asked us to consider opening the Drive-In with a different movie."
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“The series, which will continue through Sept. 26, also includes screenings of Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winner Moonlight , Gus Van Sant’s Milk , the Spike Lee classic Do the Right Thing and the 1980 cheesefest Xanadu.”
 
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These movies were a response to Covid 19, a way for families to get out. The movie was sold out so not sure if families got their money back.
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If you are not sure families didn’t get their money back, what’s your point?
 
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If you are not sure families didn’t get their money back, what’s your point?
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There were a lot of disappointed kids. Why was the movie chosen?
was chosen for “its importance in Oregon filmmaking history.” The film, shot in Astoria, Oregon, is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
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If you are not sure families didn’t get their money back, what’s your point?
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There were a lot of disappointed kids. Why was the movie chosen?
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That doesn’t answer my question, but okay…do you know if money was refunded…it seemed to be an issue in your post, but now not so much.
 
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More or less surprised that someone complained about “Kindergarten Cop?”
 
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romanticizing the idea of a police presence in schools …
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Police presence in schools is a good thing.

I’ve often pondered the idea that Kindergarten Cop should be a must-watch for education students as an example of good classroom management (tongue firmly planted in cheek).
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and reinforcing racist stereotypes.
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I don’t take offense at the idea of a cop having an Austrian accent. The movie is too amusing to fret over that racist stereotype.
 
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