Comments on: Boy (a film by Taika Waititi) Trailer premieres ONLINE!

By: tamanui

tamanui — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:29:43 +0000

For countless years M?ori have struggled, struggled to free themselves of the shackles of racial prejudice and racial stereotypes often perpetrated in New Zealand Film. Boy was a rare chance for M?ori to celebrate being M?ori, for it was a film written by M?ori, directed by M?ori and produced by M?ori. It was a rare opportunity to move far from those dominant racial stereotypes of M?ori as drunken, dysfunctional, uneducated, drug using criminals. Unfortunately, Waititi and Boy did nothing to dispel these stereotypes, in fact, the film Boy did nothing more that strengthen these falsities and stereotypes, and the very fact that these stereotypes were perpetrated by a M?ori writer, producer and director only fortifies their very acceptability as common truth. Waititi’s Boy ultimately revealed nothing relating to our language and culture, those revered morals and values of manaakitanga, wh?naungatanga , wairuatanga, kaitiakitanga, aroha, mana and tapu remained merely consigned to the shadows. In Boy I lament an opportunity lost for our people, an opportunity which may never come again.

“He rangai maomao ka taka ki tua o Nukutaurua, e kore a muri e hokia.”

(When a shoal of maomao fish has passed to seaward of Nukutaurua rock it will never return)

By: ARIANA-MAIHI-MARDER

ARIANA-MAIHI-MARDER — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:16:37 +0000

Hey taika

watched ur movie boy bout 3 or 4 weeks ago just found out that u my cousin

ITS KIWI AS!!!!!!

By: Liveloveenjoy

Liveloveenjoy — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:16:16 +0000

Awesome movie, was laughing the whole way through

By: Theresaaaaaaa

Theresaaaaaaa — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:10:35 +0000

I absolutely LOVE this film. I've seen it 4 times already, and I plan to keep going. It's kiwi as! Crazy Horses for life!

Ultimate adoration for Taika and his works, he's amazing~

<3!

By: DeanNgamoki

DeanNgamoki — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:04:38 +0000

APANUI HEARTY.. those were the days down home ,,now they seem to have lost their sence of humour,, its lucky that guys like you havent Taika,

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Tai Anderson.com » Weekend update — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:41:20 +0000

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By: Susanne

Susanne — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:57:38 +0000

LOVE IT!!!!