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13304065, People have been extrapolating film plots from trailers forever
Posted by spirit, Sun Dec-30-18 03:20 AM
And, for what it’s worth, I think C71’s educated guess of the theme of the movie is a decent theory, backed by the actual article above with the quote saying the film is about the enemy being “us”, in addition to what we can actually see on the screen in the trailer. As such, I am not interested in this film at all. I don’t think the enemy of black people is black people. We didn’t redline our own neighborhoods, refuse to hire ourselves for jobs, create food deserts in our communities etc. The premise is flawed if the premise is that black people are our own worst enemy. I won’t be buying a ticket, unless I get some information that indicates that there is an entirely different premise being presented. I’m not even sure a race neutral premise (the worst enemy of any person is themselves) works in the context of Black actors being cast as the leads in this film, considering things like Jim Crow, slavery, colonialism, etc.

Peace,

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