Film "Sinners" Resonates - So, Who Are the Sinners?

A masterful piece of performance art, the film "Sinners" will win myriad awards. But it is resonating in these confused times because, it asks just as we are doing today: Who are the sinners?

The twin black brothers who made it big as gangbangers in Chicago, after so much discrimination back down in the old south, earned their money. They also seem worthy to retaliate against whites, especially members of the Klan. 

Of course, the preacher can be labeled by us artists as a sinner in trying to hold back his son from his talent. Also consider this: What is he offering those he's preaching to in that run-down church? Do they have a shot at a better kind of life?

We may be able to understand the Klan's compulsion to restore the old order of things. Transition is a brutal experience.

And, the vampires assume they and only they have the right set of values.

Time travel from sharecropper south to in-turmoil today. 

Were Paul Weiss and Skadden so wrong in their determination to protect every bit of their business by cutting deals with the Trump administration? Doing anything else would have been too risky in a risk-averse sector which puts high value on money. 

Who could blame resistance-influencer Rachael Cohen who gained fame and perhaps in time fortune leave-taking Skadden? After all, American capitalism is about sizing up opportunity. That Cohen might have done brilliantly.

And, those who perceive they were ever screwed might give a free pass to those in the new administration who seem to have a zest for getting even. It's because forgiveness is so difficult to deliver that most religions hammer the need for it. 

On so many levels are provocative messages produced in "Sinners." It should be must viewing in ethics courses in professional schools.

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