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haiku (the defiant ones)

A haiku poem

6 total reviews 
Comment from Kelly Louisa Balliu
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Congratulations on your win :-) I have never seen this, but you have summed it up well in the form of a haiku, which works really well; especially with the personification of racism. Another film to add to my very lengthy 'to watch' list!

 Comment Written 01-Jun-2024

reply by the author on 01-Jun-2024
    Thank you very much, yes, there are a lot of great movies out there, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
Comment from BermyBye50
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This is a excellent entry in the Haiku Movie Review contest. Your haiku captures the theme and underlying message of the movie as the two convicts fight their own racism. Well done.

All the best in the contest,

Eugene

 Comment Written 27-May-2024

reply by the author on 27-May-2024
    Thank you for a wonderful review
Comment from Bill Schott
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This haiku movie review, The Defiant Ones, presented with a 5-7-5 formatting, notes the 1958 film of the prison break with two races chained together. Thought provoking at the time.

 Comment Written 27-May-2024

reply by the author on 27-May-2024
    Thank you very much
Comment from RodG
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This was a blockbuster when it first came out. Sidney Poitier was outstanding. I have not seen it in years, but your poem makes me want to see it again. Good summary of the plot in only 17 syllables. Rod

 Comment Written 27-May-2024

reply by the author on 27-May-2024
    Thank you very much
Comment from tempeste
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Ciao , I remember watching this film years ago.

I have always been a fan of Sydney Poitier.

To Sir , with Love.
Lilies of the Field
Patch of Blue ( last time I posted this film in the movie contest).


For good part of the film they hate each other , I was upset they got caught.

I'm a big fan of B&W films.

 Comment Written 27-May-2024

reply by the author on 27-May-2024
    Thank you very much, yes, he was a wonderful actor
Comment from Pamusart
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Hi

This looks like a good entry for the contest. Good luck with that.!

I'm not familiar with the movie, but anything that eliminates racism is fine with me

My husband was a civil rights worker in 1965. He was threatened by the klan. After that, Jesse Jackson moved him to a new place every other night because the clan was gonna kill him if they found him at any place for two nights in a row

Can you tell me what that movie is about,? You can be brief

Great job. Thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 27-May-2024

reply by the author on 27-May-2024
    Thank you for inquiring, I found this part description on-line, I really liked this movie as even back then it had a really important message
    One night in the late 1950s in the Southern United States, a truck loaded with prisoners swerves to avoid another truck and crashes through a barrier. The rescuers clear up the debris and discover two prisoners have escaped, an African American man shackled to a Caucasian man because "the warden had a sense of humor." They are told not to look too hard as "they will probably kill each other in the first five miles." Nevertheless, a large posse and many bloodhounds are dispatched the next morning to find them. The two missing men are Noah Cullen and John "Joker" Jackson. Despite their mutual hatred, they are forced to cooperate, as they are chained together. At first, their co-operation is motivated by self-preservation, but gradually they begin to respect and like each other.
reply by Pamusart on 27-May-2024
    Thank you for telling me!!