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Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-03-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Captain Steel
Not saying it was implausible, just so perfectly...

Not saying it was implausible, just so perfectly dispersed as to be noticable.

Frankly, I'd expect to see a lot more black and Hispanic kids in a NYC public school.
Having two of each ethnic...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-02-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?

On the topic of forced diversity:
I've now seen the 2 newest Spider-Man films (Homecoming and Far From Home) and the forced diversity just seems so... forced.

Peter Parker's class just has the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-21-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Captain Steel
The only complaints I've ever heard about token...

The only complaints I've ever heard about token casting (including from myself) is when Hollywood feels compelled to replace an already established character with someone of a different race, gender...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-14-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Captain Steel
Good question. I don't think any of it is...

Good question.
I don't think any of it is racist.

I don't think celebrating national, cultural or ethnic differences or simply acknowledging such is racist as long as it's not done with...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-14-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Captain Steel
They were all different cultures from hers: a...

They were all different cultures from hers: a German (or Dutch), a Russian, Chinese and African American presumably, and she tries to copy the accents of each in the song.

Performing accents of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-14-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Captain Steel
Re: Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?

An interesting aspect of the Shirley Temple clip - despite Shirley's singing style and some of the words she uses when singing to her black doll, the doll appears to be dressed as a wealthy society...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-14-20
Replies: 150
Are audiences so sensitive and offended by movie content nowadays?
Posted By Captain Steel
I don't think I've ever watched a Shirley Temple...

I don't think I've ever watched a Shirley Temple film from start to finish, but I caught this clip and wondered how it would be viewed today.
Adorable or Racist? (or adorably racist)? ;)
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