Hold up. Weren't you the one who posted in this thread last week that this was a boring movie that you weren't interested in? So why are you back here now? And why are you wasting everyone's time with Black Twitter talking points?
Who gives a fuck what the color of the people are who behind the film? It's about the talent they have, the care they bring and the respect they show to the material. I trust Kathryn Bigelow to do justice to this story more than I do 90% of the working black directors. That's because of her ability as a filmmaker, not her first-hand knowledge of the black experience. I'm old enough to remember when black people were angry that the best white filmmakers weren't telling more black stories. Now black folks get up in arms when they do. Unless of course the film is strictly about black women like "Hidden Figures" in which suddenly black people give the thumbs up and ask for white filmmakers to provide as much of that shit as possible. And frankly black people, like you, would complain about quality film that touches upon black victimization even if the filmmakers are black. I know of many black people who were angry about "12 Years A Slave" despite having a black writer and director. And the presence of a black director wasn't enough to draw black audiences to "Selma" because they didn't want to see "any of that Civil Rights stuff". And that's African American moviegoer in a nutshell. Want no part of slavery movies, want no part of Civil Rights movies, want no part of anything that concentrates on the struggle of their forebearers. Give them Kevin Hart instead.
Black people should think about forming a committee and get a consensus on what they want and what they are going to whine about. A couple of months ago they were livid with Sofia Coppola for NOT using black characters in "The Beguiled", a movie that takes place during the Civil War. Coppola explained that she didn't feel she could adequately do justice to the story of black slaves. That wasn't good enough for self-righteous Black Twitter Nation though. Weeks later Bigelow provides a film that DOES include numerous black people, a motion picture that tells their story and displays their pain. And Black Twitter Nation shifts the goalposts and gets pissed off about that too. Fuck them.
Only a fool who knows next to nothing about the business of Hollywood would think that making a movie about the abuse of black people by evil white folks in authority is some surefire way to make a profit. There are easier and more alluring topics for white filmmakers. Certainly topics that would generate less headaches. I applaud Bigelow and Mark Boal for stepping outside the comforts of white society by bringing us a story of a heinous act. A story I'll add that no one else (including black filmmakers) was trying to bring to light. So why don't you take your light weight opinion to a board that better suits your particular level of interest, such as the "Ghetto and Ratchet White Women" thread you blessed us with.
