Representation in Art/Entertainment/Media • Page 9

Ah, there it is, the idiot in the comments section screaming "SJW!" and "hurt feelings!," blatantly and completely disregarding everything the article says. I honestly don't understand why people are so eager to remain ignorant about the importance of representation and other very real issues. It's like they're so afraid to confront the guilt of knowing that some groups of people don't have it as easy as others. It's almost funny how the article describes Tina Fey as putting her fingers in her ears and going "LALALALALA" and people commenting on the article are doing the same.

 

there's a horror movie coming out in a few weeks where the concept is a little white boy accidentally steals an ancient Native American artifact and his idyllic lily-white family is then haunted and destroyed by Native American spirits and also there's a freaking wolf in the trailer

 

Blindspot had a strange episode where a South Korean American woman was smuggling chemical weapons for South Korea until North Korea made her a better offer. What's worrying is there isn't a single Asian character in the recurring cast, so a bunch of Koreans come into the show just to play criminals for an episode. Also, I just don't know how plausible it is for a South Korean to make a deal with North Koreans.

 

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Of course it's not Mulan. Asians aren't desirable.

 

GLAAD finds historic low percentage of Hollywood films pass Vito Russo Test in fourth annual Studio Responsibility Index

 

That makes me sad. I love(d) Tina Fey and I haven't started Season 2 yet but that episode sounds terrible. Please tell me it's not as terrible as it sounds.

 

I haven't even bothered. Season 1 was good but Jane Krakowski's character was a strong blemish on the experience.

 

I went into it after having read the comments about it here and tried to keep an open mind like hey maybe it won't be that baaaaaaaad - nope never mind this is bad. Once I got to the "I can't breathe" line and then what happens immediately after that, my god what were they thinking.

 

It's every bit as bad as you think. If you enjoyed S1 in spite of its problems and Tina Fey's childish response to criticism, I think it's still worth watching S2, but that particular episode doubled down in the worse ways possible.

 

she definitely didn't understand the criticism or where it was coming from

 

Basically, Tina Fey is as progressive as a 40 year old white liberal man.

 

In Blindspot, Bethany's lover Sophia committed suicide in a flashback. Just kidding! She faked her own death, and now she's back to ask Bethany for money. Yeah, that same Bethany who she made to think she was dead for years. By the way, Bethany was seeing Alexandra, but because Bethany was looking into something someone didn't want her to dig up, Alexandra was killed. Kill one gay character, then bring her back just to kill another? This is the same show where the only Asian characters are criminals with politically very questionable motivations. I'm so intrigued by the mysteries of this show, but with its issues with representation and its unlikable characters (I get when shows make it a point to have unlikable characters, but I'm having trouble even caring about anyone other than Jane right now, and that actually wasn't the case even just five episodes ago) I'm finding it harder and harder to find reasons to stick with it.

 

Well I'm gonna skip this season then. Asian-American representation is already terrible and that episode just sounds foul.

 

Tina fey falls victim to the same thing many "progressive" celebs do. They're considered radical or progressive for their era but fail to accept criticism or change with the times and they reveal how ignorant they are eventually

 

I read through this thread (slowly) and want so bad to add a really pointed, thorough criticism/praise? of Pretty Little Liars but honestly I feel like I'm not the right one to do it and I get the feeling most people don't watch the show anyway.

So basically it started out being pretty okay representation wise and then in the last few seasons just dug a deeper and deeper hole and now it's problematic as hell and can't dig its way back out.

 

Marvel's Doctor Strange Director Has Short and to the Point Message About Whitewashing

 

Do I want to read it?

 

Yeah, it's good. He basically just succinctly said that he's listening to and learning from the responses in one tweet.

 

yeah, i can respect that response from Derrickson.
just baffles me that Marvel CEOs truly think they have a positive track record for representation in their films so far when LITERALLY every single film they've had so far has starred a white man.

 

Yeah, I can speak on this one. I love love love the very strong friendship between the four main girls and I love the way that Emily isn't treated any differently and they're all just as cuddly and such with her as they are with each other but Ican't see past their treatment of non-white characters (pretty much always getting murdered, including two queer WOC), the very despicable mess that was Charlotte, and the Aria/Ezra romance. It feels for everything there is to love, there are two things to feel sick over

 

I'll believe he's learning when I see it

 

im surprised you all aren't talking more about the whole ghostbusters hatred thing. i'm pretty lax with all of this stuff and even i'm enraged by all the ignorance. ENRAGED!

 

ok yeah that pretty much hit the nail on the head lol

 

My guess is that conversation has gone well enough in that thread to not "need" further discussion here.