Comments on: ‘The Express’ Savages WVU Fans For No Reason

By: PT

PT — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:11:33 +0000

WV kicks ass! you guys who talk shit have never been here to see the beauty. I would much rather live simple in WV than live with crack heads in the city.

By: Ignorance from Hollywood

Ignorance from Hollywood — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:04:23 +0000

Oh, that's rich someone from the "old south" accusing people of my state, who fought for the North during the Civil War of being racist?

I think you jackasses better check your facts. Read what the Syracuse players said above that were present at the game. Even they claim it never happened. I fail to see the reason to continue propogating this sterotype, this racism by Hollywood if you will. We did nothing to deserve this.

I was interested in the movie, but definitely won't see it now and I will petition the local theaters to not show it.

Simply another reason that liberals are off their rockers.

By: Dunder Mifflin Security Guard

Dunder Mifflin Security Guard — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:20:36 +0000

Wow, this issue's hotter than a couch set ablaze in the middle of Morgantown!

By: MtneerinSC

MtneerinSC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:32:11 +0000

Some of the comments here illustrate the problem with the poetic liberty taken in this film. WV has a hard enough time with its reputation on the national stage, without some hack, Hollywood cons creating falsehoods. I find it difficult to believe that there weren't enough racial problems in 1959, that the producers had to fabricate their own.

You want to see racism? Look around you. There's no more racism in WV than anywhere else. Try south Florida (specifically urban Miami). Try South Central or East LA. Try urban Philly, Chicago or NY. Try any rural part of the deep South. Try Suburbia. Generalizing the population of an entire state as racist is no better than being racist yourself. Rural WV is not a diverse population, and it has never been so. There was no sizeable slave population there before the Civil War, and honestly there's not much to draw anyone to move to rural WV (namely jobs) minority or otherwise, so there will never be a large minority population.

There is racism in WV, but no more than anywhere else. You only have to look around you.

By: Brad James

Brad James — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:20:52 +0000

West Virginians are still racists, even if the film isn't historically accurate.

By: Justdafacts

Justdafacts — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:57:44 +0000

Davis was actually born and grew up in Pennsylvania coal country in the area around Pittsburgh, close to the West Virginia border.A quote from the San Jose Mercury News (http://www.mercurynews.com/movies/ci_10668237): "At a lopsided victory played in West Virginia, for example, Davis was instructed not to run the ball into the end zone for a touchdown, lest it would set off a riot in the stands." Wrong. Davis ran for ran for 141 yards on nine carries, setting a school record for per-carry average, 15.7, and scoring twice.

By: JackMack

JackMack — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:22:52 +0000

Friendly reminder peeps… the same caricatures and stereotypes of WV people is the same thing that Ernie had to overcome. Are you any better than those who you trash?

By: Bobafet7

Bobafet7 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:47:24 +0000

In "The Hurricane" Rubin Carter was seen driving near Jacksonville FL, the night of the murders,
BBB I think you missed the point

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:32:56 +0000

Despite the "made-up" racism at West Virginia, I'm sure Ernie Davis had to put up with a lot worse during his playing days. I understand he couldn't even stay with his team in the same hotels during road trips.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:30:45 +0000

what davis did in his short life would make a great movie. what hollywood does to many movies is inexcusable. i have seen many movies where the 'facts' were changed, and then people really believe the crap. if the writers and producers are called on it they say 'poetic license'.