I have written about race in comics for several of the most recent posts. I've been wanting to write a review of the Luke Cage Netflix series and use it as an example of a trend of moving away from placating white audiences by making a white POV an entitlement. I could easily see a time when a Luke Cage movie or TV series would essentially amount to "Luke Cage does stuff, white people think about it.". A scenario where Luke Cage is ostensibly the main character, certainly the titular character, but his actions are filtered through some white perspective, possibly a cop, and way too much attention is paid to what white people think about what this black person is doing. I imagine a 48 hours deal where Eddie Murphy is the star but it's all filtered through how Nick Nolte thinks about Eddie Murphy. Granted it's been a while since I've seen 48 hours, maybe a better choice would be any Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder movie. The movie was made to showcase the attitude of Richard Pryor but everything he says and does is commented on by Gene Wilder.
Friday, November 4, 2016
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Theatrical Release
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Score: 2 out 5 Batman Murders
Review: I realize I'm incredibly late to the party but I think I can finally processes this movie enough to where I can talk about it. When I went to go see this movie it was at theater that served booze. I had already had a stiff drink before, having ate at the attached restaurant, and my buzz was mostly gone by the movie. However when we took our seats someone was going around taking drink orders from people. This was the first time I had seen the theater do this after having seen a couple of movies there, in retrospect they clearly knew something I didn't. I turned down the drink, in retrospect I should have taken the hint.
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