Luke resolves the standoff in a convenient way, but the Force is all about convenient coincidences; a deus ex machina requires something happening out of nowhere, and this doesn’t fit that bill at all. The season hinges on finding a Jedi (so it makes sense that one would appear), they set up episodes ago the means…

...But the role arguably wasn’t design for an Afro-Latina actress.

For me the frustrating part has been the tone of some of the criticism - largely on Twitter. There is absolutely nothing wrong for saying it could be better. What I have seen is many people saying that the creators must not have ever been to Washington Heights. Obviously, Lin-Manuel Miranda has been there. He was…

Meanwhile, the vast majority of TV and movies use majority white casts and no one says a word beyond vague bellyaching. It’s amazing how, after creating dozens of iconic roles for people of color between Hamilton and In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda has been an absolute punching bag for social justice types, while…

It is always okay to be critical of any film and John Chu did himself no favors with his concepts, but some of the tweets definitely started to feel like a purity test instead of criticism. It will be hard to enjoy any media at all if it needs to meet 100% of a test. It will always fail. Many of the tweets suggested a…

Yes, let’s get angry at the person that has done the most to visibly increase minority representation in theatre in at least the last 25 years, that’s very productive.

Counter to your counter: So what if it was intentional? It’s his damn show.

Melissa Barrera was just starring in Vida, which was widely praised for its Hispanic representation. But sure, call her white. After slandering Ellie Kemper, I’m not surprised you’re doing this bullshit. Pathetic.

I’m really not. I mean, you can pretend that’s what it means if you want to, and that they are unrelated. I applaud your effort in doing your research to ask the actress if people presume she is white and non-latinx, because otherwise this would be an offensive presumption, no? “In the author’s estimation, people…

Oh, FFS - enough with this bullshit. Yep, go ahead, direct your hate at me, I’m cool with it, and I never reply so type away.

“White-passsing means just that. You pass for white in society as a whole. It’s not an insult”

Full minority-in-America cast film with minority-lead-creatives about a mostly-minority neighborhood.

Wow, that’s really inaccurate. So you are friends with Ms. Barrera and are familiar with her intentionally concealing her heritage to pass as white? White-passing is an activity, not a description. And to know if people who see Ms. Barrera initially believe she is white and not latinx you would have to do a survey.…

But in the film, Vanessa is played by white-passing Mexican actor Melissa Barrera.

“But in the film, Vanessa is played by white-passing Mexican actor Melissa Barrera.” I guess there’s some reasonable issue about Hollywood casting people of a certain race as long as they don’t look “TOO Mexican” or whatever, but for some reason this struck me as kind of a criticism of the actress. Given that she…

“like why the U.S. government happily handed the shield over to a white guy rather than the Black man who deserved it”

This is what Charles does.

- Looks like there was one disclaimer they forgot.

“Hang in there, buddy!”

Again fuck off and fuck you with that noise. You are a poster child for why the republicans got civics taken out of schools. You dumbfucks didn’t vote in 2014 in the midterms, you didn’t vote in 2016, you didn’t even vote for your own guy, Bernie this year, as far as the low voter turnouts he had, as you’d rather sit…