Is 'Green Book' a Rescue Fantasy? Mark Twain Might Disagree

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 

Nicolaus Mills

nmills@sarahlawrence.edu

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