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brylcreem posted:I guess I was just too busy crawling out from under the giant anvil that had just fallen on me, with the inscription "Racism is bad, you guys!". That's not the entire point of that scene. As buddhanc said, it's likely to point out that Jake is a complete outsider with views antithetical to the time period and region he's in. I'd also argue that the scene also points out how institutionalized the racism was (and still is in some areas) in the South. Miss Mimi was almost as horrified at Jake's actions as the gas attendant was.
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Frosted Flake posted:I've seen those demographic maps of US cities and have of course heard about how divided Chicago, Atlanta, etc. still are. The gas station scene really got me thinking about how those towns couldn't have changed overnight, but also couldn't possibly still be divided so formally. What happened to towns and cities that had a "Niggertown" in the 50 years since? These kinda things still happen via gentrification and other ways. The biggest, most recent case I can think of is the mostly white suburban Grosse Pointe Park, MI blocking off one of the major arteries between it and Detroit as a "beautification" effort.
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Basebf555 posted:He's probably from some other time where the technology available allows him more control over where/when he travels. He's from the future that The Flash comes from in Batman v Superman: Warner Bros' Corporate Mandated Superhero Movie #2
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Cojawfee posted:I kind of wish they would have explained more what happened differently. He kept saying "yeah but then the bombs." What bombs? Nuclear bombs? Did Russia bomb the US? What the hell happened? Kennedy wasn't president but also somehow founded some refugee camps? Instead Jake is asking if 9/11 happened or not. Yeah, the glossing over of the alternate future was frustrating. I wanted to know how poo poo went hinky with JFK alive but they barely scratched the surface. It cheapened the whole conceit of the show, in my opinion.
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