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Among other examples, Miller pointedly cites University President Lawrence H. Summers’ controversial statements about women in science as a living demonstration of the persistence of this “incredibly false version of America” set forth in Griffith’s film...
...hotly contested outcome of the 2000 election (or in his words, “nonelection”) rested on the results of the Florida vote, but the validity of that state’s election was questioned, partly due to the alleged disenfranchisement of African-Americans. Miller is less unsure of the alleged fraud, describing it as “widely documented” and drawing a connection between the current underhanded tactics of party politics and the events in The Birth of a Nation...
...Griffith’s film also shows a deeply flawed election,” says Miller. “I just think of the film as a metaphor about these issues...
...election parallels are just one of many links from the present to the past that Miller plays up during each of his performances. Miller focuses on and exposes Griffith’s wildly inaccurate and offensive portrayal of blacks and women in The Birth of a Nation. As each show is remixed live, each performance is unique, and on any given night, he might emphasize one of several themes: the stereotyping of women and African-Americans, the disenfranchisement of black voters, or the film’s graphic violence...
...film was something to set a tone, about how to portray all sorts of behavior in America,” Miller expounds. “What I’m thinking, you are confronted with people who still hold cliché ideas of women and people of color. The remix foregrounds these kinds of issues...