You’re missing the point.

OK friend.

Maybe you’re right!

I’m not taking issue with your statement that making the lead a cis-white male perverts history. I’m taking issue with your statement that “$1000 says butches and other queer women will be in background shots maybe if they are even included,” which is demonstrably false. But it’s fine with me if you want to…

Marsha P. Johnson is in the movie. I would have thought you’d already know that, given your ability to discern every contour of a 2 hour film from a 2 min trailer.

An issue with art that revolves around progressive narratives is that it is nearly impossible to separate the quality of the art from the kneejerk sentimentalism that is automatically triggered by whatever it invokes. It doesn’t matter if this movie is great or a piece of shit, it (or even the trailer!) will leave you…

Do you think I was actually comparing the plight of Native Americans to the experience of the confederacy? Do you think that was really the point of my comment? From ONE PERSPECTIVE, as I said, they indeed “lost” and were on the “wrong side of history” — you’re the one insisting that “wrong side of history” has to…

Yeah, Clover seems to be attributing this to racism, but much (if not most) of this sounds like a prerequistie of being a writer in Hollywood, period. She certainly may have a tougher time because of bullshit racism, but that doesn’t mean that a network giving you notes or changing your scripts is inherently some form…

I’d also read/heard that about The Wire Season 2. (Which, even if it was motivated by shitty racist impulses, at least worked out well artistically, as many smart people think it to be the best season.)

I completely agree with your statement. Me pointing out that they have a long development cycle wasn’t a criticism, nor did it imply that they somehow weren’t responsible for revolutionizing TV as a medium.

It’s not the only reason, of course, but I do think that many of these southerns do feel some connection to their “history” — they’re just conveniently ignoring the fact that that history was sort of all about slavery, a pretty not-so-good thing. Wanting to feel connection with your past/ancestors is a basic human…

HBO, from what I’ve read, is notorious for keeping shows in development for years anyway, so some of this is par for the course, even before the additional complications of the racial dynamics.

“Fucking losing and being on the wrong side of history” isn’t enough to divorce people from their connection to their ancestors. I mean, from one perspective, indigenous people have a history of losing and being on the wrong side of history, but we perfectly understand their desire to maintain that connection to their…

blah blah blah Rhianna blah blah blah

So all prison suicides are the fault of the institution?

I am aware of that fact, which does nothing but support my original point that Beyonce doesn’t write the majority of her own music.

a side note, but what’s the deal with his “need to be white” and “believe themselves to be white” formulations? I thought, according to critical race theory, white was indeed a thing that people just plain “were,” not involving an act of volition? (And if not, how can we constantly accuse people of having white…

So do you approve of people who become full-out racists after a person who happens to be a minority commits a crime against them? A shitty cop did a shitty thing to you, but now you hate them all eternally. Isn’t that sort of like “a black guy robbed me, so now I hate all black people”?

Again, the issue is not that he swiped a candy bar, but that he supposed reached for the gun. That’s the “official” reason why Wilson was cleared. (Not that I’m saying that’s what actually happened, of course.)

This actually isn’t true. The “official” story is that he reached for Wilson’s gun. In the official account, that’s the event (true or not) that resulted in the shooting, not the theft. Not even Wilson apologists think/imply that theft is a capital offense — for them, the capital offense was reaching for the gun.…