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The man most responsible is a burly, black labor leader named Ted Watkins, 44, a born cajoler, red-tape cutter and pragmatic humanitarian whose Watts Labor Community Action Committee has shown an uncanny ability to attract outside help while galvanizing Watts from within. Watkins and fellow
Having lived 30 years in Watts, Watkins knew firsthand what was needed to lift the area from the mire of resentment and despair: first a hospital, next employment for the angry kids, then a start on badly needed adult payrolls. Watkins linked jobs with community improvement and got money to...
In Watkins' vision, the singer (Paul Jones) is a commodity to be leased to all takers, by hour, day or week for the purpose of manipulating a gullible public. When the country is burdened with an apple surplus, the Agriculture Ministry hires the singer to munch a choice pippin...
Using sound and images in a staccato, pseudodocumentary style, Watkins conjures up a brutal spectacle of a society blissfully hurtling toward the "fruitful conformity" of a fascist state. And up to a point, his sheer technical bravado almost saves the movie. But ultimately, Privilege is less a picture than a...
A more serious problem is that Director Watkins seems to break faith with his audience as the film moves along.