*By the way, my favorite fact about Robert E. Lee is that Arlington Cemetery was built on land that had belonged to him before the Civil War, and was built there specifically to keep him or his descendants from ever being able to get the land back.

Epic eyeroll. Take the L and live to fight another day.

To add to what you’ve said - I’m sure there are many films that ignore the Founding Fathers’ contribution/attitudes towards slavery, but I can’t imagine that many of these would portray them as actively campaigning against slavery. And I certainly can’t imagine any of those being made nowadays.

“whose impact is still felt today” - wow, I hope you didn’t spend too much money renting that forklift to move your goalposts that far in the span of two posts.

In total fairness, sure, Saving Private Ryan invents a US army platoon and a rescue mission. But it doesn’t, I dunno, try to make it seem like the Germans were heroically fighting to save France from the evil invading British and Americans.

If most of your story has to be fictionalized, maybe you should tell another story. And how could your film be edutainment if all the history you’re educating people about is made up?

I would also say that if you count Varys, you’re actually undermining the argument that GOT relegates its gays to the sidelines, as he’s the only one of the shifty schemers that is doing it for a more noble purpose. Varys might be the only person in GOT that is able to put his ego aside and see things as they really…

The reviews of the Fabelmans have been good, but the trailer seems strangely inert to me. Slate’s review kind of said the same thing—for a semi-autobiographical movie it seemed strangely distanced to them. I’ll probably see it when my friend gets his “For your consideration” screeners, but I’m not going to rush out to…

Early in the pandemic this was especially true when everyone was wearing cloth masks, which don’t protect the wearer much. But wearing an N95 or KN95 will provide good protection for the wearer, even in situations where others around them are unmasked:

It was a personal observation of one person’s reality (“my experience is that people are treating it like the flu”). I assumed you were calling the people treating it like the flu ableist, but if you’re saying the person making a subjective observation of their personal reality is holding an ableist view, man IDK.

An observation of reality can’t be “ableist” jesus christ.

...yeah. While I certainly understand where you’re coming from, it’s not okay to hit other people in anger like that.

People should do what’s in their best interest when it doesn’t harm anyone. Seems like Bill Hader knows what’s best for Bill Hader, good for him.

Zendaya’ed for YOUR sins!

“I believe you know my father, young Sheldon senior.”

Did I miss a Spider-Man comic book where Mary Jane “MJ” Watson slept with a teenager?   Or are you just dumb?

I thought that ‘While he might not care about the African slave trade beyond scoring political points’ was a pretty clear acknowledgement of what you pointed out.

Actually it sounds like a movie written by people who want to show how cool the women warriors of a historical culture were while whistling past the fact that a big part of their coolness involved conquering neighboring tribes and selling their enemies into slavery. Trying to many any connection to modern society is a…

Europeans called Africa the “dark continent” because it was uncharted by their geographers’ knowledge, and dangerous to explore due to pathogens for which they had no immunity. It had nothing to do with a perceived lack of color in dress, decor, or aesthetics in its inhabitants’ cultures (so far as I know, at least).