The Confederate States of America

[oldtanksoldier]

Supposedly languishing for two years before release on t.v. here in the States, I thought at first that it was a tongue-in-cheek, alternate history. It was ludicrous, and at the end, when it asked the question, "Do you still think there is no prejudice"? The answer appeared showing two favorite American products, Aunt Jemima pancake mix and Uncle Ben's rice, then used that as proof of our prejudice. Whoever did this movie needs, as the Bible says, to remove the log from their eye. No one has the right to criticize the U.S. as racist when the British Empire only lost their last commonwealth country in recent years. The United States did not impose its dominion on millions of Hindus and other minority races and force the opium trade on another sovereign country. England did! We have a black President. When was the last time you had anything but a white queen/king and Prime Minister? Members of the royal family during WW II were pro-Nazi, if our history channel t.v. can be believed. Whoever made that movie needs to, as we say here, "Tend to their own knitting." This is from a Vietnam vet and retired teacher.

[batman]

Why are you having a go at the British. The Confederate States of America is a US production which was written and directed by a native of Kansas called Kevin Willmott. There was no British input into this film.

[Steve Crook]

Err, what's this got to do with anything?

It's an American film, it's a comedy. It hasn't been discussed here - until you mentioned it.



Steve

[torinfan]

For a second I thought the title was going to read, "The Confederate States of Britain." Good to know I didn't miss anything in history class.

[billy bentley]

Am I misinformed in thinking that Britain did infact support the Confederacy - divide and conquer and all that ?

[will.15]

I believe they considered it , but dropped the idea when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

[Steve Crook]

name='billy bentley']Am I misinformed in thinking that Britain did infact support the Confederacy - divide and conquer and all that ?

I think they were way past any thoughts of conquering by then. Some British people did want the cotton to keep flowing to the cotton mills of Britain. But they soon switched to sources of cotton from other countries and Britain as a whole didn't really get involved much. Britain as a whole also wanted grain from the north so didn't want to take sides and antagonise either one.



Steve

[will.15]

I think they considrerd it, but dropped the idea when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

[billy bentley]

Thank you both, I stand corrected and all the better for it. One of the things I like about Britmovie, smart people that don't make you feel stupid.

[CaptainWaggett]

I've seen the film (enjoyed it very much especially the spot-on film parodies) and at no point does it make any comparision between the state of race relations in present day Britain and present-day America so I'm not sure what the OP is getting at (as people have pointed out, it's not a British film). I'm highly amused at the idea we might appoint a black king though - Adrian Lester was brilliant as Henry V a few years ago and he certainly looks more impressive than any of the current candidates

[paulcornelius]

name='billy bentley']Am I misinformed in thinking that Britain did infact support the Confederacy - divide and conquer and all that ?

I guess you could argue that Britain, in fact, did support the Confederacy, albeit indirectly. There was the export of guns and munitions, of course, but there is also the case of the Confederate commerce raider, Alabama, built in Britain and manned largely by an English crew--I think. Some also argue that British and French diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy was but one successful battle away. Had Lee triumphed at Gettysburg, so it goes, British support would have been made official and much more tangible.