To them, and many other comments on this article, it is a zero-sum game. Manchester By the Sea cannot exist in the same world as a similar film about POC. Hell or High Water has ended the ability to make a film about black women in the future. La La Land features a white character who likes jazz, therefore the entire…

I can’t process that. How did that happen with the editor? “Who has not seen most of the films on every national critics’ best of list? You two? Perfect; you’re our film panel.”

So much this. Whenever mediocre minority-led art gets elevated it’s like saying “It’s okay, we didn’t expect you to do well. It’s enough that you tried.” And when good minority-led art gets praised as good black/latino/asian/female/LGBT art instead of just good art it’s like they’re saying “We’ve gotta keep you in a…

That was literally what they dismissed people for. Just pointing out that it’s highly dismissive of bold art to say “LOL WHITE PEOPLE UGH.” And anyone who dared point that out was deleted...and a few were banned I think?

Which is funny because after reading some of their other stories the common link is how they always discuss any and all white “successes” as somewhat stolen from POCs regardless. It’s one thing to tell the untold stories from other races, but to clearly bash one specific race “because” strikes me as disconcerting.

It’s fascinating watching a discussion about film in 2016 featuring two people who did not watch the movies they are discussing.

Ah, yes. Hiring Natalie Portman,an Israeli-American who speaks English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Hebrew, in addition to being a Harvard graduate, as Jackie Kennedy is clearly Hollywood whitewashing again.

Why can’t these writers have this type of discussion without making shit up?

So much of this discussion was mired in sounding like you cared and using boilerplate language. There wasn’t enough delving into true solutions or the how and why. Let’s all just laud lauded things whilst decrying lauded things involving white people. I sort of expected a lot more. But I’m not sure why.

Yep, apparently saying that either La La Land or Manchester by the Sea are worthy of praise = only caring about the “white plight” whatever the fuck that is.

I know we need more diversity in film but that doesn’t automatically make any film featuring white characters unworthy of praise

We’ll probably be next to disappear into comment oblvion at the hands of an insecure writer.

AND it looks like one of the writers is openly mocking a commenter on Twitter, calling her “one of the worst people” for asking about Luke Cage. That is one damn way to treat people who support your work.

Yes, and banned some people too. LOL! They cannot handle hearing people poke holes in their arguments or point out very real issues with the way they view artistic endeavors. It’s pathetic.

Dont want discourse, want echo chamber

Did you guys seriously go through these replies and delete threads that disagreed with your opinion? Because that is what it looks like and if so, that’s some bullshit. Not exactly how you encourage discourse.

it’s clear that white mediocrity still dominates conversations and capital—see: Manchester by the Sea, La La Land, Nocturnal Animals

In Hollywood, too, it’s clear that white mediocrity still dominates conversations and capital—see:Manchester by the Sea, La La Land, Nocturnal Animals, etc