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Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-05-21
Replies: 284
Do movies teach stereotypes?
Posted By crumbsroom
He's a he. Even if after nightfall, I suspect his...

He's a he. Even if after nightfall, I suspect his preferred pronoun is Count.

All that vampirekind hatred is exactly what you'd expect from a repressed fang-denialist. It's okay Jinn. Be...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-24-21
Replies: 284
Do movies teach stereotypes?
Posted By crumbsroom
My comment about "actual life confrontation" was...

My comment about "actual life confrontation" was specifically in relation to the idea of cultural critics arming themselves in the street. Not that Twitter can't have any negative impact on people. ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-24-21
Replies: 284
Do movies teach stereotypes?
Posted By crumbsroom
The online culture of looking for any kind of...

The online culture of looking for any kind of past or current indiscretion by an artist, however minor or completely out of context, can potentially have a bad influence on the overall culture. It...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-24-21
Replies: 284
Do movies teach stereotypes?
Posted By crumbsroom
I was mostly responding to some of the comments...

I was mostly responding to some of the comments that had mentioned the threat of handcuffing creative people to any kind of agenda. I don't think its happening in any substantative way. I think there...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-24-21
Replies: 284
Do movies teach stereotypes?
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Do movies teach stereotypes?

My two takes on this whole issue are


1) Generally, the suggested fixes for issues of lack of diversity in films (in front of and behind camera), as well as the need to eventually reduce the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-19-21
Replies: 284
Do movies teach stereotypes?
Posted By crumbsroom
There was no shortage of comedies when I was...

There was no shortage of comedies when I was growing up in the 80's, where the punch line seemed to be based upon how frightening young black men were to white people. The "roll 'em up" moment in...