So the experience of one traditionally marginalised group is dismissed out of hand because it does not figure into your unsubstantiated claim of culture in decline?  So much for inclusiveness.

So the experience of one traditionally marginalised group is dismissed out of hand because it does not figure into your unsubstantiated claim of culture in decline?  So much for inclusiveness.

It's not even out yet (unless you're Spanish), so unless everyone here attended the Toronto International Film Festival, I sense a lot of prejudging from the trailer.

It's not even out yet (unless you're Spanish), so unless everyone here attended the Toronto International Film Festival, I sense a lot of prejudging from the trailer.

"And as to the main families' race, that seems pretty irrelevant to the story they're trying to tell."

"And as to the main families' race, that seems pretty irrelevant to the story they're trying to tell."

Not to mention Freddie Starr.

Not to mention Freddie Starr.

"The other side of the coin is that if there was a natural disaster affecting a country with a majority caucasian population, a subsequent movie would never in a million years choose to focus on the few non-white people who were affected, nor would they cast non-white people in the lead roles when they were white in…

"The other side of the coin is that if there was a natural disaster affecting a country with a majority caucasian population, a subsequent movie would never in a million years choose to focus on the few non-white people who were affected, nor would they cast non-white people in the lead roles when they were white in…

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus Which is why the first thing I mentioned was that this year had the highest percentage of homosexual representation in film and television in history.

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus Which is why the first thing I mentioned was that this year had the highest percentage of homosexual representation in film and television in history.

20 or 30 years ago, anti-sodomy laws were still on the statute books, Don't Ask, Don't Tell was still policy, and homophobia was not considered a hate crime.

20 or 30 years ago, anti-sodomy laws were still on the statute books, Don't Ask, Don't Tell was still policy, and homophobia was not considered a hate crime.

I never claimed the situation was satisfactory.  You, however, claimed that it was not appreciably better.  Which is blatantly false.

I never claimed the situation was satisfactory.  You, however, claimed that it was not appreciably better.  Which is blatantly false.

That their eventual plight was not as desperate as that of their Thai counterparts is not the same as getting off lightly.  If someone told you a story about how they almost died on holiday during a natural disaster, would you really tell them to get over it because once they had reached their consulate everything was…

That their eventual plight was not as desperate as that of their Thai counterparts is not the same as getting off lightly.  If someone told you a story about how they almost died on holiday during a natural disaster, would you really tell them to get over it because once they had reached their consulate everything was…

…Are you kidding?

…Are you kidding?