15821, RE: Even with her showing him "truth" Posted by L_O_Quent, Mon Apr-01-02 11:30 AM
>I still see her character as >a means to his actualization...his >humanization. Sorry, but she >was not the heroic figure >in the end...he was. >She was the one who >needed him for shelter...and to >"make her feel good." > Insofar as loss, of >course I've suffered loss, and >I find that grief doesn't >always manifest itself in one, >predictable way, which is the >way that Halle used to >manifest her "grief." It >was the easiest route for >her to take...I'm not impressed >by that...sorry. > >And for the crabs in a >barrel bullshit, I cried right >along with the entire audience >when Halle got that awards...I >am happy for her as >an individual, but I can't >refrain from calling like I >see it in the big >picture. I can clearly >see how awarding that role, >in a context where NO >OTHER Black female gets awarded >for shit (on the other >hand, White women get awarded >for playing queens and harlots, >druggies and cancer victims, etc.), >fit perfectly into the racist >paradigm Hollywood has functioned so >well with maintaining...I see how >the movie functioned as many >movies do, as a way >of perpetuating myths and stereotypes >that I see as detrimental >to us as a group. > > >I guess that's just me.
bullshit? if you don't like you don't like it but I didn't feel that the movie was disrespectful toward anyone.
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