Which reminds me...I need to add dear white people to my rental queue I bet there's a ton of shit in it we can relate to
Has anyone seen that film? It got panned pretty hard on a podcast I listen to called "I Mix What I Like", but they can overreach sometimes. I think this was the episode where they got on a tear about that flick: http://imixwhatilike.org/2015/01/23/mixedkids/
The movie wasn't that good. it tried way too hard and the most relatable young college kid turned out to be gay pushing the bs that in order for a young black person to be outside the fray of stereotypical blackness (thug or hyper aware activist) you gotta be a classic rock skater who is also gay. Just didn't like how there were no characters that represented black college kids I remembered. The writers obviously only saw things threw their personal lens.
Well shit......i guess I'll move it to the end of my queue...somewhere near 'birth of a nation' and 'the south shall rise again'
:smt025:smt025 It is amazing to me how reductionist people can be when characterizing racial authenticity. And to think, the movie purports to be some sort of "groundbreaker" in terms of racial honesty and frankness. That's generally my beef with the "racial thinkers" in the black community: to be authentically black, blackness must be the central defining principle or characteristic in your universe, whether it is manifested positively or not. I see you're a fan of Mr. Griffith's work?
Yeah I'm a fan of sliding shit to the bottom of my queue if it's likely to suck balls Still waiting on john wick and fury at the top of my list
Pretty much. The two IR relationships involved a rich white girl trying to get back at her rich daddy making her brother more of a racist asshole for no reason The second involved the militant biracial girl using black issues to work out her issues with her father. The writing was weak
Why can't the black characters in a film address blackness as the cultural and social construct that it is, and not be on some childhood trauma ish? It's always either everything or nothing in a character's life. It's either PTSD or denial, no nuance, no thoughtfulness. Irritating. You know that's the new version of the tragic mulatto. Think 'Imitation of Life' with dreadlocks.
Exactly. The black students dedicate their lives to bring the administration down over racial slights. That shit is completely dishonest most college kids are managing school work and trying to get laid. It's rarely that serious. They also had the stereotypical self hating black girl who won't date bm and did everything she could to be accepted into white world. It makes you wonder should we applaud shit like this just because it has a black cast and writers? Am I allowed to call it pure garbage?
And you have some sort of consciousness while still trying to pass classes and get laid. I'd like to think I fit into this category, lol. LMAO, true, true. There's no money in making people think or be complex.
