I just watched Instant Family, about a white couple who gives 3 Latino children a dream life with storybook house at the end.
I couldn't imagine how offensive these stories are to people of colour who are told by Hollywood that they need rescuing.
I get huge cultural cringe watching these movies, even if they are loosely based on true events.
Saviours are overrated.
Is it a true story? Then no problem for me.
shareLike The Blind Side (2009)? True, but a very white savior, self-congratulatory story.
shareThe Blind Side LIED about the young athlete. The scene that gave the film its title is a blatant lie! The young man already knew how to play football. He did NOT appreciate the movie portraying him as being stupid. He was not dependent on that white woman to tell him how to protect the quarterback in a game.
shareThey're so annoying!
I'm usually like "But the white guy is the least interesting person in the film, why is everything about HIM", and I'm white. I can't imagine how annoying things are if you're a member of the group that's supposedly being saved by the dull white guy.
I don't enjoy 'family drama' movies so I can't add anything about them
I do love the 'White guy gets immersed in a new environment and kicks the shit out of everyone' genre
The Last Samurai, Jeremiah Johnson, Dances With Wolves, all of the Tarzan pictures...those were great entertainment and as a bonus they all piss off crybabies who like to shout 'cultural appropriation' and act all sensitive
Sometimes a good adventure tale is just a fine story
"I do love the 'White guy gets immersed in a new environment and kicks the shit out of everyone' genre"
Did you love "Avatar"?
Where the white guy becomes a greater master of the alien environment than all the people who've been living their for their entire lives, for the history of their species?
I only saw short bits of Avatar, it seemed pretty uninteresting
shareIt was fun to watch in a 3D theater, it was spectacular to look at and had lots of action, and a story that was basic to the point of stupidity. And a hero who was basic to the point of stupidity.
And very white-savior-y, if you like that sort of thing.
Thanks for the opinion, I had heard pretty much the same thing😉
shareIt's racism all the way down.
shareCannibals like white savory movies.
shareThose movies are a bit hard to swallow, the actors just chew up the scenery and the editing is too often a hatchet job
shareAll very true. But first, ugu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcuSHwdmxM0
Poor missionary! He should have asked for a definition first😳
shareMost of the time, it depends on the film. For example, I'm not a fan of The Blind Side for a number of reasons. That said, watching movies nowadays like Dangerous Minds, which I loved as a kid, is a little cringe.
shareIf race is not brought up in the film then I'm fine with it.
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