Helpless

[AnthonyMS]

So Moviebob is a racist because he's tired of the Magical Negro trope? -everyone- is tired of the Magical Negro.

1. For my post, I'm saying condemning Skeeter's intentions for getting these black women to share their stories about their white employers as "blatantly trying to prove she's not a racist" is ironic/hippocritical because Moviebob's article is just as subconciously fueled by his desire to prove he's not a racist as Skeeter's is.

2. Sorry, for me, "racist" is as overly used by everyone as "troll" is, and this makes it just as trite as "troll". Why? Because I'm J-J-J-J-Jimmy!!! (South Park character) In 4th grade, I went to a doctor (because I had these bulges around my joints) and he taught me the word Osteochondromatosis (said bulges are benign cancerous tumors that have to be surgically removed because as I go through puberty they'll become too big knocking my bones out of alignment, or cutting surrounding tissues like muscles, arteries, nerves, etc.). In 7th grade, the doctors operated on one tumor that was under my shoulderblade and another tumor that was near my kneecap in my right leg, simultaneously. This left me having to crutch around school on one crutch like Tiny Tim, and that's when I got my nickname: Tiny Tony. So, my philosophy on racism is similar to Tyion Lannister's advice to John Snow. I AM Tiny Tony, and You are THE <insert racial slur, homophobic slur, misogynistic slur, etc. here>.

 

[TitanAura]

That's because racism against black people is the safest. Racism against Arabs is a very volatile issue right now. Especially because you inevitably are going to run into issues of religion.

Native Americans are also a pretty safe topic but that doesn't have as much current 'weight' as the black issue as you have to go back over 100 years. I'd love to see something on current day racist issues outside of the black movement. Say the constant expelling of the Roma (gypsies) out of every European country (including Romania itself where they actually got their name!). How about the current Morrocan and Turkish (did you know there are more Turkish than Germans living in Berlin these days?) people in Europe? Also haven't seen a good examination of current day native American tales (a movie pops up now and then about it but usually skirt around the issue for the most part).

Another major problem with all those is that there's no historical precedent of some great movement or heroic tales to draw from. So someone would need to write such a thing from scratch. And walking into the racism powder keg without being able to point to some real world event is tricky business to say the least.

God Bless Robert Rodriguez.

 

[Grand_Arcana]

MovieBob: Helpless

Is The Help really as positive a movie as it makes out? MovieBob isn't so sure.

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Okay, maybe I missed it, but I really what to hear/read your commentary on Tyler Perry's work. I think it would be very funny (no pressure) or at least insightful (There's something that I frankly don't like about his material. It's rehashed, stereotypical, arguably more racist than anything a White director could get away with ect. but since I'm not a movie buff, I have a grave suspicion I don't know all of the underling wrongness. What I'm saying is; it's like the Sims.)