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" Both Jensen and Springarn were also confused " by the film ’ s Reconstruction setting, states Jim Hill Media, writing that “ It was something that also confused other reviewers who from the tone of the film and the type of similar recent Hollywood movies Jezebel ( film ) | Jezebel assumed it must also be set during the time of slavery .” Based on the Jensen and Springarn memos, White released the “ official position ” of the NAACP in a telegram that was widely quoted in newspapers.

New York Times ’ Bosley Crowther, mentioned above, made a similar assumption, writing that the movie was a " travesty on the antebellum South.