In a related story, today Donald Trump nominated Matt Hickey as “Official White House Talent Scout,” a heretofore non-existent position in any presidential administration.

Is it me or is it weird you didn’t mention he’s specifically a tech-journalist nor even throw an in-article mention of the obvious close tie that he’s appeared on Gizmodo? Just tiny little footnote, that I actually missed on first read.

I think people are mostly upset that both writers didn’t see the movies that they’re trashing. And that Kara called out some random on Twitter for a very innocuous comment, which was a dick move.

I remember writers being pretty shitty to commenters but honestly she takes the fucking cake and the pie and the leftover stale twinkies, mate.

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…

Someone said that same thing about “why have comments” and got banned! Ha! Better watch out! Don’t say shit about Beyonce either or you’ll burn in the fires of Jezebel hell!

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?

Why can’t these writers have this type of discussion without making shit up? Yes, Hollywood needs more diversity. And yes, Manchester by the sea is about a white dude - but it’s also a great fucking movie. The two are not mutually exclusive. And I may be a Latin American woman but that doesn’t mean I can only relate…

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’m over it. So over it.”

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.

Because feelings.

On the other hand, it was cool that the most complicated and likable Westworld character turned out to be Maeve (Thandie Newton), even if the show’s pseudo utopian vision never explicitly acknowledged race and Maeve is, in the tradition of fictional black female stereotypes, a sex worker. You take the good, you get…

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