Freitag und Robinson
(1975)
Regisseur:
Jack GoldSchauspieler:
Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier, Christopher Cabot, Joel Fluellen, Sam Seabrook, Stanley Bennett ClayDer Gestrandete nimmt sich einen Eingeborenen zum Diener, und versucht diesen auf brutale Weise nach britischem Standard zu "erziehen". Bald wendet sich jedoch das Blatt: Geschickt vertauscht der Unterjochte die Rollen und macht den Herrn zum Knecht. Auf intelligente Weise benützt Regisseur Jack Gold extreme Bilder um bitter-ironisch auf den Rassismus und patriarichalische Selbstgerechtigkeit weißer Besatzer in fremden Ländern aufmerksam zu machen. Die 1975 gedrehte Satire ist erstaunlich aktuell. "Freitag und Robinson" ist eine interessante Version von Daniel Defoes Abenteuer-Klassiker "Robinson Crusoe", deren bissiger Humor mitunter an die Filme von "Monty Python" erinnert.
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.
