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Is 'Green Book' a Rescue Fantasy? Mark Twain Might Disagree
LIFE LESSON
Hollywood loves scripts about whites saving African-Americans, but the point of ‘Green Book’ lies elsewhere. Like 'Huck Finn,' it's a story about a white man's moral schooling.
Nicolaus Mills
Published
Feb. 2 2019
9:19PM EST
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Nicolaus Mills
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