tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241042113714033295.post2736493595787681803..comments2024-02-20T17:47:26.414+00:00Comments on Flick Chicks: Review: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10938589355281359827noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241042113714033295.post-42125473108899764912015-10-05T11:13:45.244+01:002015-10-05T11:13:45.244+01:00Okay, I tried to look into this a little more when...Okay, I tried to look into this a little more when I was more awake, and this is what I found!<br />"The title is intentionally misspelled, as it also appears as graffiti in a scene in the film. The misspelled phrase is actually taken from an essay written in 1776 that argued that whites and blacks were created equal. The essay, which was written by Lemuel Haynes, a biracial man living in New England during the Revolution, quoted Thomas Jefferson's well-known sentence from the United States Declaration of Independence, but spelled the last word of the sentence with a y. The sentence, as it appears in Lemuel's essay, is as follows: "We hold these truths to be self-Evident, that all men are created Equal, that they are Endowed By their Creator with Ceartain [sic] unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happyness."<br />- Allie Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938589355281359827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241042113714033295.post-80664393182480328852015-10-04T05:07:18.616+01:002015-10-04T05:07:18.616+01:00Great job, ladies! I agree there are many heart-br...Great job, ladies! I agree there are many heart-breaking moments in this film, but I find the payoff at the end so worth all the agony as Smith and the film as a whole plays it beautifully. For me, it's enough to make it a feel-good film. By the way, I'd always assumed the spelling of the title was because of the graffiti. You have me curious.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.com