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I'm not sure the film is saying black men shouldn't be in relationships with white women but more that white people still find ways to continue to exploit black people to their benefit.
Quote from: Sam the Cinema Snob on December 22, 2017, 10:08:00 PMI'm not sure the film is saying black men shouldn't be in relationships with white women but more that white people still find ways to continue to exploit black people to their benefit. Just because its primary goal is something entirely different doesn't mean that it negates the secondary effects the film creates by trying to get there. Peele doesn't have to reaffirm conservative notions to get its point across and yet he does.And besides, the main way the film shows white people exploiting black people is through romantic relationships, which is disconcerting in all of the wrong ways.
Quote from: AliceGuyBlache on December 29, 2017, 04:17:17 AMQuote from: Sam the Cinema Snob on December 22, 2017, 10:08:00 PMI'm not sure the film is saying black men shouldn't be in relationships with white women but more that white people still find ways to continue to exploit black people to their benefit. Just because its primary goal is something entirely different doesn't mean that it negates the secondary effects the film creates by trying to get there. Peele doesn't have to reaffirm conservative notions to get its point across and yet he does.And besides, the main way the film shows white people exploiting black people is through romantic relationships, which is disconcerting in all of the wrong ways.It is not through romantic relationships, it is through hijacking their bodies, the person inside is still dominated by the white person
Young FrankensteinI only laughed once, which isn't really an opinion, I suppose. The blind guy ladling soup was really funny. Nothing else hit for me. The film looks incredible. Mel Brooks is really hit and miss for me.
Quote from: jdc on December 29, 2017, 06:08:18 PMQuote from: AliceGuyBlache on December 29, 2017, 04:17:17 AMQuote from: Sam the Cinema Snob on December 22, 2017, 10:08:00 PMI'm not sure the film is saying black men shouldn't be in relationships with white women but more that white people still find ways to continue to exploit black people to their benefit. Just because its primary goal is something entirely different doesn't mean that it negates the secondary effects the film creates by trying to get there. Peele doesn't have to reaffirm conservative notions to get its point across and yet he does.And besides, the main way the film shows white people exploiting black people is through romantic relationships, which is disconcerting in all of the wrong ways.It is not through romantic relationships, it is through hijacking their bodies, the person inside is still dominated by the white personAnd yet the female lead hasn't entrapped men through just kidnapping them, but by romantically entangling them. Why isn't this film just about kidnapping then?