southpawstyle
Superstar
I missed a lecture on campus last semester with the director. What do y'all think?
Dear White People on Netflix
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southpawstyle
Superstar
Word. Thank you for the links. I actually am a white people, so the too many light skinned actors/actresses argument isnt one Im comfortable putting out there myself. I get it though. The thread is more to let people know its streaming now. 
Word. Thank you for the links. I actually am a white people, so the too many light skinned actors/actresses argument isnt one Im comfortable putting out there myself. I get it though. The thread is more to let people know its streaming now.
Thought provoking flick for both races breh. Hope you enjoy it
Pinyapplesuckas
He's A Good Man
huge letdown
southpawstyle
Superstar
I just finished the movie. I liked the idea but it seemed so over the top at times that the message was lost. I can't see it changing any white people's prejudice or telling black people anything they don't already know. I've definitely wasted time watching dumber shyt.
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
This...I think it tried to address too much and in a grandiose way. It was still a pretty good movie, but the point gets lost.
I think a major point about the protagonist being either light skin or biracial, and was a major driving force in her having to "over-compensate" was skirted under the rug. And the gay Chris Rock character just seemed shoehorned in the story line.
Even with this, I still enjoyed the flick.
I actually didn't think he was shoehorned at all. I think he was more of the surrogate for the director as a gay black man. Lol I just spoke on this in the arrow thread but gay black men don't really have that place to fit in or a group to identify with within the black community based on how we view homosexuality (generally) and since that movie was all about groups and how these different groups relate to each other and interact, here's the one guy who, while black, is also gay, and kinda nerdy, so he doesn't have a group that he just fits right in with off the bat.
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
I kinda see where you're coming from, but I think his story could have been it's own movie. For him to almost be a protagonist himself, I didn't feel like this aspect of his character was touch on enough. From my recollection, I only recall two scenes where they head on addressed his gayness.
Well I think it's something that he knew although maybe only a few other characters knew but he just didn't feel like he fit. Which is why I assume he was the surrogate for the director in his experiences in college. It wasn't just that he was gay but him being gay is why he was ostracized out of his house and why he felt like he didn't fit anywhere and why he even got that job on the school paper. The whole movie is about identity and what our identities say about us and most of the movie he struggled to find his
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
I guess that's where the film lost me, for him to be more than a supplemental character a significant portion of his persona was not adequately addressed. Ensemble movies imo often drop the ball in this aspect, "Dear White People" isn't alone in failing on this aspect.
Yeah it's tough juggling everyone when you've got something like that. Unless it's an oceans 11 type flick where you have different members of the ensemble there for specific roles or as archetypes.
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
The script works better on paper than it does in the movie but it's still a decent movie and as @MartyMcFly said, it's an interesting study of race identity, particularly regarding those who don't necessarily (feel like they) fit in with their "own".