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Post by DeepArcher on Dec 6, 2017 21:39:06 GMT
in fact, Get Out is easily the most unique and insightful movie about race to come out in years. ...how? Not to be a dick, I just don't get it. "White liberals can be racist too" is as old as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.Well to be fair I've not seen Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, so I can't really say anything in terms of comparing the two. I am aware of the similarities in their concepts, but I didn't really know that they explored the same content thematically. Regardless, the fact that Get Out touches upon the same issues that this film did fifty years ago speaks volumes to how systemic racism is in this nation (and the world), and that we really aren't much better off now than we were in the 1960s. So while it may tread some familiar ground, that's all part of the point. Peele's goal was to de-construct the myth that racism no longer existed in the era of "Obama's America", and his film perfectly encapsulates the culture of racial relations during the contemporary time period. The film perfectly shows the struggle of an entire race of people who are misled by those who feign acceptance while still being treated essentially as a different species. It directly refutes the idea that is still so often perpetuated by the media to this day that racism needs to be aggressive, when in fact the underlying nuances of social interaction can be just as harmful. It's an essential idea that I personally can't recall seeing depicted anywhere before this film, and therefore I found it deeply affecting in that regard.
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Post by stephen on Dec 6, 2017 21:45:01 GMT
...how? Not to be a dick, I just don't get it. "White liberals can be racist too" is as old as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.Well to be fair I've not seen Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, so I can't really say anything in terms of comparing the two. I am aware of the similarities in their concepts, but I didn't really know that they explored the same content thematically. Regardless, the fact that Get Out touches upon the same issues that this film did fifty years ago speaks volumes to how systemic racism is in this nation (and the world), and that we really aren't much better off now than we were in the 1960s. So while it may tread some familiar ground, that's all part of the point. Peele's goal was to de-construct the myth that racism no longer existed in the era of "Obama's America", and his film perfectly encapsulates the culture of racial relations during the contemporary time period. The film perfectly shows the struggle of an entire race of people who are misled by those who feign acceptance while still being treated essentially as a different species. It directly refutes the idea that is still so often perpetuated by the media to this day that racism needs to be aggressive, when in fact the underlying nuances of social interaction can be just as harmful. It's an essential idea that I personally can't recall seeing depicted anywhere before this film, and therefore I found it deeply affecting in that regard. Agreed. It lambastes the concept of "wokeness," and that people are so quick to compensate for racist history that they go full-tilt into the opposite direction, treating people of color less like people and more like priceless china figures that they are afraid to damage . . . or, rather, afraid to be seen damaging. It's an undercurrent that I don't think most filmmakers would touch because there are probably more than a few that would find it hitting too close to home (if they had the self-awareness to realize it). With that said, while Get Out can be heavy-handed at times, it's by design. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner plays it straight to the point of insufferability at times, but considering the era it was made, it kinda had to be.
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