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Here we go again. Stars blame sexism on Ocean's 8 lukewarm reviews

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cjsdowg 9 hours ago#1
Stars of Ocean’s 8, the heist movie featuring all-female leads, have accused male critics of failing to appreciate their film.

Speaking to Yahoo Movies, Mindy Kaling called the dominance of white male reviewers “unfair”. “If I had to base my career on what white men wanted I would be very unsuccessful, so there is obviously an audience out there who want to watch things like [Ocean’s 8], what I work on, what Sarah [Paulson] works on.”

Co-star Cate Blanchett concurred, saying the media had failed to make the mindshift the movie industry had when it came to gender equality. “The conversation has to change,” she said, “and the media has a huge responsibility.”

study by USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative was released earlier this week, examining the gender and ethnic profile of US critics who wrote about last year’s 100 most successful films found 80% were men and 82% white.

Such makeup was well-known, said Blanchett, but only belatedly being raised. “When you start pointing that stuff out you realise there’s a certain gaze that looks at women.


https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/15/oceans-8-dominance-men-film-reviews

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I guess they are taking a que from Star Wars and blaming ever negative review on sexism.
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Aristoph 9 hours ago#2
.....I literally did not even realize they were making an Ocean's 8.

I'd blame marketing.
LockeMonster 9 hours ago#3
I mean, in both RT scores and 7 day gross, 8 has done better than 12. And 12 was pretty hyped coming off 11.

Maybe the entire series after 11 is just lackluster. It's not like the reviews are even that bad or anything.
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cjsdowg 9 hours ago#4
LockeMonster posted...
I mean, in both RT scores and 7 day gross, 8 has done better than 12. And 12 was pretty hyped coming off 11.

Maybe the entire series after 11 is just lackluster. It's not like the reviews are even that bad or anything.


That one came out like years and years ago. So I guess if you adjust from inflation it might not look so good for 8. And with the Incredibles coming out this week , I don't think it will have legs.
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16-BITTER 9 hours ago#5
12 wasn't very good, i stopped watching after that
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Mister_Spyker 9 hours ago#6
Sure, because movies like Shape of Water, or Lady Bird with female leads, weren't some of the biggest movies of last year.
Make a movie that actually looks interesting and I'll watch it. Not a sequel noone wanted, without the actors who we loved on those movies in the first place.
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DrizztLink 9 hours ago#7
It seems like Mindy Kaling has a habit of blaming all of her woes on outside influences instead of her just not being very talented or likeable.
MARKINGRAM22 9 hours ago#8
DrizztLink posted...
It seems like Mindy Kaling has a habit of blaming all of her woes on outside influences instead of her just not being very talented or likeable.


Yeah let’s just ignore reviewers are super left wing and the reviews for ghostbusters literally mentioned evil sexism in every positive review. This wasn’t as bad but didn’t have the backlash. I mean look at the reviews compared to audience scores.
LockeMonster 9 hours ago#9
cjsdowg posted...
That one came out like years and years ago. So I guess if you adjust from inflation it might not look so good for 8. And with the Incredibles coming out this week , I don't think it will have legs.

Currently 8 is 60 and 12 was 50. Adjusted for inflation puts 12 at around 65. 

Not much difference, plus it had an extra $40 million for the budget compared to 8 and reviews are not subject to inflation.
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Vyrulisse 9 hours ago#10
It's sad because no one challenges these people on their statements or even says "Could it be because it wasn't very good?"
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knutjob 8 hours ago#13
Most of the criticism has been aimed at the director, who is male. Their objection makes no sense.
Sometimes shitty movies are just shitty movies, but if there's a primarily female cast, they just tout it as sexism. Ghost Busters Reboot was a really shitty movie, and not in an enjoyable way. 

Resident Evil and Underworld movies are really shitty, but in a fun way. Nobody downs that.

These movies are just trying to make a statement and not trying to make a compelling movie. The story, acting, and directing are all secondary to the pat on the back that they're looking for
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thelovefist 8 hours ago#16
These topics are like lightning rods for incels
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thelovefist posted...
These topics are like lightning rods for incels

"You only dislike this movies because you hates womenz!"

"No I just thought it was bad."

"UR AN INCEL!"

Jesus christ
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scar the 1 8 hours ago#18
Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?
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Drop the victim complex and stop being so entitled. People don't have to love your movie just because you have vaginas.
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Highwind07 8 hours ago#20
I don't even know that it existed. Barely any advertisements for it anywhere and I usually am on.top of movies.

Bit it has been a long ass time since the original Oceans 11 that I didn't ask for this anyway.
scar the 1 posted...
Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?

no
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MacDaMurderer 8 hours ago#22
Mister_Spyker posted...
Sure, because movies like Shape of Water, or Lady Bird with female leads, weren't some of the biggest movies of last year.


This is a really shitty comparison.
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CyricZ 8 hours ago#23
cjsdowg posted...
I guess they are taking a que from Star Wars and blaming ever negative review on sexism.

In a way. I think it's a bit more complicated than that.

In the case of Star Wars, it was basically "this is Star Wars, nerds. You should like it because it's doing Star Wars things, no matter who the main character is". Whereas for Ocean's 8 it's more like "this movie wasn't made for white men, so why are white men the majority of the ones reviewing it?" Not to mention that Star Wars actually had the critics' back and it was the fanbase that rebelled, whereas in this case, they don't have the critics either.

This is more in line with the Brie Larson Wrinkle In Time topic we had earlier this week. The idea that certain movies would be reviewed better if the review base was more diverse.

Then again, I haven't seen either, so I have no opinion on either Wrinkle in Time or Ocean's 8.
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Esrac 7 hours ago#24
scar the 1 posted...
Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?


Fair in the sense that it may be factually true. But not particularly relevant. 

Unless you believe white men can't fairly review a movie that stars women, for some reason. But then you would have to explain away all the times those white men gave movies starring women positive reviews.
CyricZ 7 hours ago#25
Esrac posted...
Unless you believe white men can't fairly review a movie that stars women

Again, it's a little more complicated than that.

Different people with different backgrounds can have different perspectives on a story.

Take Get Out for example. It's a very obvious example, because the vast majority of critics did approve it. There were aspects of Get Out that make a lot of sense if you grew up in the American black experience, and the movie went well out of its way to show that. There are other movies that are similar in how they show the black experience (either realistically or fantastically), but the facets are more subtle, and it would take someone who did grow up in the black American experience to catch on.

This is not to say we should be touting the idea of "X movie is only good if you're black", BUT with a more diverse review base, we can more easily determine which audience responds well to a movie, and whether the critical response is due to culture or actual quality.
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_Monokuma 7 hours ago#26
RAWR! Not everyone can get by on their cute looks like yours truly! *fans self*
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Sad_Face 7 hours ago#27
I had my eye on this title because I'm down for more of Ocean's heist shenanigans. Just a bit apprehensive since they cast people like Rihanna for a high profile movie like this. Shame it doesn't seem to be going so well for them.
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USAUSAUSA 7 hours ago#28
Was it also sexist that I didn't care to watch any of the Ocean's movies?
I thought it was well received.
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_Monokuma 7 hours ago#30
creativerealms posted...
I thought it was well received.

As well received as Ghostbusters?!
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ninjarobot_22 7 hours ago#32
I didn't like it that much. It didn't have the charm and it wasn't funny like the other Ocean's films. 



Awkwafina was probably the best part of Ocean's 8. It should have just been called Ocean's 1 starring her.
CyricZ posted...
cjsdowg posted...
I guess they are taking a que from Star Wars and blaming ever negative review on sexism.

In a way. I think it's a bit more complicated than that.

In the case of Star Wars, it was basically "this is Star Wars, nerds. You should like it because it's doing Star Wars things, no matter who the main character is". Whereas for Ocean's 8 it's more like "this movie wasn't made for white men, so why are white men the majority of the ones reviewing it?" Not to mention that Star Wars actually had the critics' back and it was the fanbase that rebelled, whereas in this case, they don't have the critics either.

This is more in line with the Brie Larson Wrinkle In Time topic we had earlier this week. The idea that certain movies would be reviewed better if the review base was more diverse.

Then again, I haven't seen either, so I have no opinion on either Wrinkle in Time or Ocean's 8.

What? The way you make it sound most of the bad reviews are from men. That's just not true.
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cjsdowg posted...
Speaking to Yahoo Movies, Mindy Kaling called the dominance of white male reviewers “unfair”. “If I had to base my career on what white men wanted I would be very unsuccessful, so there is obviously an audience out there who want to watch things like [Ocean’s 8], what I work on, what Sarah [Paulson] works on.”


Why does it always come back to white men specifically? If they simply want to complain about men in general reviewing the film that would be one thing, but they just love bitch about about white men at any opportunity.
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ReD_ToMaTo 6 hours ago#35
Didn't the movie have a higher opening than any Oceans movie? Also, was it any good? I never even saw 12 and 13, but 11 was pretty great, and this one looked cool at least.
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16-BITTER 6 hours ago#36
DifferentialEquation posted...
cjsdowg posted...
Speaking to Yahoo Movies, Mindy Kaling called the dominance of white male reviewers “unfair”. “If I had to base my career on what white men wanted I would be very unsuccessful, so there is obviously an audience out there who want to watch things like [Ocean’s 8], what I work on, what Sarah [Paulson] works on.”


Why does it always come back to white men specifically? If they simply want to complain about men in general reviewing the film that would be one thing, but they just love bitch about about white men at any opportunity.

Considering that those same white males won't hesitate to pan a film even if it's catering to their demographic ( e.g. the last Die Hard movie, the last Terminator movie etc.), her argument holds no water.

Besides, what exactly about the premise of a heist movie starring attractive women wouldnt appeal to men? What gender-specific nuances, if any, wouldnt they get? Maybe it just didnt turn out well. Its not like this movie had nostalgia working against it like the Ghostbusters fiasco.
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_Monokuma 6 hours ago#37
16-BITTER posted...
Its not like this movie had nostalgia working against it like the Ghostbusters fiasco

Think again! Many people see the reboot of Ocean's 11 starring Brad Pitt & George Clooney as a bonafide modern classic! Even if it was just an average movie! & Despite having a different title, we all know this is just a female reboot a la Ghostbusters.

Anywho, it doesn't matter if you're white, black or both! This movie probably SUCKS!
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16-BITTER 6 hours ago#38
lol

I did enjoy Ocean's 11 back when it came out, but it definitely wasnt making any top lists for me and I haven't felt compelled to watch it since.
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Goats 6 hours ago#39
UnfairRepresent posted...
@thelovefist posted...
These topics are like lightning rods for incels

"You only dislike this movies because you hates womenz!"

"No I just thought it was bad."

"UR AN INCEL!"

Jesus christ


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Roshon 6 hours ago#40
DifferentialEquation posted...
cjsdowg posted...
Speaking to Yahoo Movies, Mindy Kaling called the dominance of white male reviewers “unfair”. “If I had to base my career on what white men wanted I would be very unsuccessful, so there is obviously an audience out there who want to watch things like [Ocean’s 8], what I work on, what Sarah [Paulson] works on.”


Why does it always come back to white men specifically? If they simply want to complain about men in general reviewing the film that would be one thing, but they just love bitch about about white men at any opportunity.


Because white men hold the most power over every other race of men.
CyricZ 6 hours ago#41
creativerealms posted...
What? The way you make it sound most of the bad reviews are from men. That's just not true.

Is that not a fact? I'm not suggesting no white men liked it, but your statement of "most of the bad reviews are from men" is likely true. Of course, most of the good reviews are from men as well, because of the skewed demographics of the critic base.

And that's my whole point, and the point of the argument of a more diverse critic base.
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VanDam 5 hours ago#42
CyricZ posted...
creativerealms posted...
What? The way you make it sound most of the bad reviews are from men. That's just not true.

Is that not a fact? I'm not suggesting no white men liked it, but your statement of "most of the bad reviews are from men" is likely true. Of course, most of the good reviews are from men as well, because of the skewed demographics of the critic base.

And that's my whole point, and the point of the argument of a more diverse critic base.


^ they got a point there. Most good reviews were also from white males. I bet they don't mind having those white males review the movie. It's the other white males that didn't fawn all over it they mind reviewing the movie.
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CookieMarvin 5 hours ago#43
sexism only exists because of Ocean’s 8’s bad reviews
KainFourteh 5 hours ago#44
thelovefist posted...
These topics are like lightning rods for incels


Anyone that uses that word likely don't have much of a life themselves, seems like something a cuck would use.
CookieMarvin 5 hours ago#45
^^look, there’s one now!!!
Honesty, I don't even think the original (well remake, I've never seen the actual original) wasn't really all that great, it was decent though. The sequels were just bad and milked something that should've only been a one off thing.

I didn't even know this was coming out yet. Haven't seen ads or heard anything. I heard when it was announced because of all the bitter anti SJW's crying and then all the SJW's acting like it's the greatest thing to ever happen and shitting on anyone who thought it was a stupid idea of who wasn't actively praising it.
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KainFourteh 5 hours ago#47
CookieMarvin posted...
^^look, there’s one now!!!


You're a cuck?
I honestly haven't seen a single commercial or ad for this movie.
CookieMarvin 5 hours ago#49
KainFourteh posted...
CookieMarvin posted...
^^look, there’s one now!!!


You're a cuck?

hey, that’d probably be better than resenting women because they won’t have sex w you
I disliked every single one of them so I ain't watching another addition to this crappy and repetitive franchise.
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    CyricZ 5 hours ago#51
    xBloodBrotherx posted...
    (well remake, I've never seen the actual original)

    Apparently it's kinda crap. It's a Rat Pack vehicle and they made stealing from casinos look like the easiest thing in the world.
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    KainFourteh 5 hours ago#52
    CookieMarvin posted...
    KainFourteh posted...
    CookieMarvin posted...
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    You're a cuck?

    hey, that’d probably be better than resenting women because they won’t have sex w you


    You seem to be making up a lot of shit, though I shouldn't expect anything less from someone defending SJW labels, lol.
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    Kolibri X 5 hours ago#53
    Honestly, it probably got more positive reviews than it should have simply because of the narrative.
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    stoltenberg11 5 hours ago#54
    scar the 1 posted...
    Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?

    Meh maybe. If it's such a problem though people should try to get some women into critiquing instead of always using ''white men critics' as one of their fall-back excuses when a movie doesn't get good reviews.
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    scar the 1 5 hours ago#55
    Esrac posted...
    scar the 1 posted...
    Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?


    Fair in the sense that it may be factually true. But not particularly relevant. 

    Unless you believe white men can't fairly review a movie that stars women, for some reason. But then you would have to explain away all the times those white men gave movies starring women positive reviews.

    Of course white men can fairly review things. But when the critics are dominated by white men, one perspective will dominate. Especially in criticism, I think it's important that many perspectives are heard.
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    CyricZ 5 hours ago#56
    stoltenberg11 posted...
    If it's such a problem though people should try to get some women into critiquing instead of always using ''white men critics' as one of their fall-back excuses when a movie doesn't get good reviews.

    Well yeah, we should do that.

    The critic base becomes more diverse.

    And y'all don't have to hear the "white male critics" angle that so annoys you.

    Win win.
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    CyricZ posted...
    xBloodBrotherx posted...
    (well remake, I've never seen the actual original)

    Apparently it's kinda crap. It's a Rat Pack vehicle and they made stealing from casinos look like the easiest thing in the world.

    Yeah, when I figured out it even existed that's basically all I expected it to be and never bothered to watch it.
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    SK8T3R215 5 hours ago#59
    Meme movie for women living a life of memes.

    No wonder it's terrible.
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    iPhone_7 4 hours ago#60
    I’ve never seen not been interested in any Oceans film
    JustMyOpinion 4 hours ago#61
    Must be nice that these people can take zero responsibility and blame all their failures on sexism.
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    Nomadic View  tear this gooby up4 hours ago#62
    It’s like people deliberately make terrible movies just to cry sexism.
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    Fair in the sense that it may be factually true. But not particularly relevant. 

    Unless you believe white men can't fairly review a movie that stars women, for some reason. But then you would have to explain away all the times those white men gave movies starring women positive reviews.

    Of course white men can fairly review things. But when the critics are dominated by white men, one perspective will dominate.Especially in criticism, I think it's important that many perspectives are heard.


    Because all white men think the same and all have the same experiences right?
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    scar the 1 4 hours ago#65
    YourDrunkFather posted...
    scar the 1 posted...
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    Of course white men can fairly review things. But when the critics are dominated by white men, one perspective will dominate.Especially in criticism, I think it's important that many perspectives are heard.


    Because all white men think the same and all have the same experiences right?

    I'm sorry, it was a clumsy wording from my side. Let's try and rephrase:
    But when the critics are dominated by white men, several perspectives will be underrepresented/missing. Especially in criticism, I think it's important that many perspectives are heard.
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    FLUFFYGERM 4 hours ago#66
    @scar_the_1 
    @CyricZ 

    How many white men should be allowed to be critics? At what lower percentage of white men does the body of critics become diverse?
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    Spooking 4 hours ago#67
    I never saw any of the movies because all of the trailers failed to impress me. Guess I'm sexist against men too! Uh-oh.
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    I never saw any marketing for this film and only once saw a poster in the theaters, how the hell can they expect a film to be a hit without there being previews shown and stronger marketing.

    Ghostbusters 2016 had a lot of marketing and people knew about it, Ocean’s 8 is practically an unknown, no one even knows it was coming out.
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    HiddenLurker 4 hours ago#69
    scar the 1 posted...
    Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?

    No because if that is your excuse then all movies with white male leads would always have positive ratings from white male reviewers. Which of course is not true.

    Highwind07 posted...
    I don't even know that it existed. Barely any advertisements for it anywhere and I usually am on.top of movies.

    Bit it has been a long ass time since the original Oceans 11 that I didn't ask for this anyway.


    And this. No marketing whatsoever of Ocean 8.
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    scar the 1 4 hours ago#70
    HiddenLurker posted...
    No because if that is your excuse then all movies with white male leads would always have positive ratings from white male reviewers. Which of course is not true.

    No, because I'm not saying that while male reviewers will always prefer movies movies with white male leads. Generally, one could try and make a similar case, along the lines of "movies are made by men, rated by men, so they will perpetuate norms and structures". But I don't think it's necessary to even go that far. It's enough to acknowledge that a diverse set of critics would offer more perspectives than a set of critics dominated by one demographic.
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    NurseRedHeart 4 hours ago#71
    I liked it but that's because I'm a fan of the Oceans movies. 

    I understand why it's not doing so well though, gender swaps are extremely lazy in terms of innovation.
    KingKongKnows 4 hours ago#72
    any of them racist like that black girl from the ghostbusters remake that some liberals pretended should be ignored because i want to laugh today
    FLUFFYGERM 4 hours ago#73
    FLUFFYGERM posted...
    @scar_the_1 
    @CyricZ 

    How many white men should be allowed to be critics? At what lower percentage of white men does the body of critics become diverse?


    @scar_the_1 
    @CyricZ 

    how many white men should we allow to be employed in any given sector???
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    CyricZ 3 hours ago#74
    NurseRedHeart posted...
    I liked it but that's because I'm a fan of the Oceans movies. 

    I understand why it's not doing so well though, gender swaps are extremely lazy in terms of innovation.

    I'm curious as someone who hasn't seen it: is it in your mind any way distinct from the previous movies other than the gender swap?
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    bige85 3 hours ago#75
    YourDrunkFather posted...
    Drop the victim complex and stop being so entitled. People don't have to love your movie just because you have vaginas.
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    they should be blaming writers and directors for giving them a bad movie to star in.

    if it was a legitimately funny movie that was interesting and well made, they'd get better reviews.
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    16-BITTER 3 hours ago#77
    Guerrilla Soldier posted...
    if it was a legitimately funny movie that was interesting and well made, they'd get better reviews.

    This, people won't shit on a great movie just because it has a diverse cast; if anything they're more likely to inflate a bad movie to promote the diverse cast.
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    FLUFFYGERM 3 hours ago#78
    lmao at CyricZ ignoring legitimate questions. When did he become such a weasel for casual racism against white people?
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    Ivynn 3 hours ago#80
    I don't know why nobody ever asks them "what if the movie wasn't good?" How would they address that?
    knuxnole 3 hours ago#81
    It’s true though, if it was all male it would have better reception

    #metoo
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    FLUFFYGERM 3 hours ago#82
    knuxnole posted...
    It’s true though, if it was all male it would have better reception

    #metoo


    Source?
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    Zodd3224 3 hours ago#83
    Hilary Clinton only lost because she has a vagina
    KingKongKnows 3 hours ago#84
    Ivynn posted...
    I don't know why nobody ever asks them "what if the movie wasn't good?" How would they address that?

    same way trump addresses things
    CyricZ 3 hours ago#85
    Ivynn posted...
    I don't know why nobody ever asks them "what if the movie wasn't good?" How would they address that?

    They technically did by asking them "How do you address the mixed reviews". It's a silly question to ask individual actors in a movie, but they do it anyway.
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    Esrac 3 hours ago#86
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    Fair in the sense that it may be factually true. But not particularly relevant. 

    Unless you believe white men can't fairly review a movie that stars women, for some reason. But then you would have to explain away all the times those white men gave movies starring women positive reviews.

    Of course white men can fairly review things. But when the critics are dominated by white men, one perspective will dominate. Especially in criticism, I think it's important that many perspectives are heard.


    That's bullshit, because all white men don't all have the same perspective. You're coming very close to pushing some kind of racial and gender monolithic essentialism.
    FLUFFYGERM 3 hours ago#87
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    Of course white men can fairly review things. But when the critics are dominated by white men, one perspective will dominate. Especially in criticism, I think it's important that many perspectives are heard.


    That's bullshit, because all white men don't all have the same perspective. You're coming very close to pushing some kind of racial and gender monolithic essentialism.


    scar really went off the deep end in the last few years. He tries hard to just skirt around it but there is basically no position that is too far left or SJW for him.
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    CyricZ 2 hours ago#88
    Esrac posted...
    That's bullshit, because all white men don't all have the same perspective. You're coming very close to pushing some kind of racial and gender monolithic essentialism.

    Okay, so let's look at the other end, the one you're pushing.

    Here in a booth we have two white men.

    Here in another booth we have a white man and, let's say for simplicity, a white woman.

    Are you seriously going to tell me that the differences in perspectives between the two booths are negligible?
    CyricZ
    scar the 1 2 hours ago#89
    Esrac posted...
    That's bulls***, because all white men don't all have the same perspective. You're coming very close to pushing some kind of racial and gender monolithic essentialism.

    Please see my revised phrasing. My point isn't about all white men having the same perspective, it's about the perspectives of other demographics that don't get heard.
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    CyricZ posted...
    Esrac posted...
    That's bullshit, because all white men don't all have the same perspective. You're coming very close to pushing some kind of racial and gender monolithic essentialism.

    Okay, so let's look at the other end, the one you're pushing.

    Here in a booth we have two white men.

    Here in another booth we have a white man and, let's say for simplicity, a white woman.

    Are you seriously going to tell me that the differences in perspectives between the two booths are negligible?


    Yes.
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    FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#91
    CyricZ posted...
    Are you seriously going to tell me that the differences in perspectives between the two booths are negligible?


    There is no reason to assume two white men will have the same perspective as one another on account of their skin color or gender. That is fucking racist and sexist.
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    KingKongKnows 2 hours ago#92
    lmao cyric literally thinks being a white male means you're part of a hivemind
    didn't he claim to be a white male too
    Nomadic View  tear this gooby up2 hours ago#93
    FLUFFYGERM posted...
    CyricZ posted...
    Are you seriously going to tell me that the differences in perspectives between the two booths are negligible?


    There is no reason to assume two white men will have the same perspective as one another on account of their skin color or gender. That is fucking racist and sexist.


    This.

    Leftists, as usual, are the ones that denote people down to their immutable charistics.
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    FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#94
    scar the 1 posted...
    Esrac posted...
    That's bulls***, because all white men don't all have the same perspective. You're coming very close to pushing some kind of racial and gender monolithic essentialism.

    Please see my revised phrasing. My point isn't about all white men having the same perspective, it's about the perspectives of other demographics that don't get heard.


    When do you stop dividing people into various labels? Is Hollywood racist/sexist since they don't have enough Romanian critics? Or Buddhist critics? Or pansexual critics?
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    FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#95
    KingKongKnows posted...
    lmao cyric literally thinks being a white male means you're part of a hivemind
    didn't he claim to be a white male too


    he's gotta be a joke account. there is no way this amount of cognitive dissonance could manifest inside of a real person. dude is def a parody.
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    KingKongKnows 2 hours ago#96
    if he is a white male then he proved his own claims wrong that all white males are alike
    because he has a different opinion to some of the white males in this topic thus proving that hes wrong

    SAD
    knuxnole 2 hours ago#97
    FLUFFYGERM posted...
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    It’s true though, if it was all male it would have better reception

    #metoo


    Source?


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    FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#98
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    Source?


    The world.


    So basically you have no source and need to deflect to the delusions of a far left mentality in order to try to have an argument? LMAO
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    EverDownward 2 hours ago#99
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    16-BITTER 2 hours ago#100
    FLUFFYGERM posted...
    So basically you have no source and need to deflect to the delusions of a far left mentality in order to try to have an argument?

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      CyricZ 2 hours ago#101
      This is rich coming from the group well known for divvying cultures up. They'll tell you black people are more prone to crime, illiteracy, and illegitimacy, and then will suggest that a white man and a black woman should have the exact same opinion on any given movie.
      CyricZ
      FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#102
      Imagine publicly saying that white people are incapable of having different perspectives from one another, and then trying to backpeddle and claim that other people are racist towards groups.

      top kek
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      CyricZ posted...
      This is rich coming from the group well known for divvying cultures up. They'll tell you black people are more prone to crime, illiteracy, and illegitimacy, and then will suggest that a white man and a black woman should have the exact same opinion on any given movie.


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      CyricZ posted...
      This is rich coming from the group well known for divvying cultures up. They'll tell you black people are more prone to crime, illiteracy, and illegitimacy, and then will suggest that a white man and a black woman should have the exact same opinion on any given movie.

      lmfao he can't hep it

      WHY ARE YOU A WHITE MALE SAYING WHITE MALES HAVE THE SAME OPINION WHEN YOU SHOW OTHERWISE

      Riddle me that oh great so claimed doctor science
      ehhwhatever 2 hours ago#105
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      FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#106
      KingKongKnows posted...
      CyricZ posted...
      This is rich coming from the group well known for divvying cultures up. They'll tell you black people are more prone to crime, illiteracy, and illegitimacy, and then will suggest that a white man and a black woman should have the exact same opinion on any given movie.

      lmfao he can't hep it

      WHY ARE YOU A WHITE MALE SAYING WHITE MALES HAVE THE SAME OPINION WHEN YOU SHOW OTHERWISE

      Riddle me that oh great so claimed doctor science


      I'm pretty sure he isn't a doctor or a scientist. Dude literally just skirts around anti-white SJW rhetoric on CE every day.
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      hes claimed hes one
      or atl east has

      hes the hugger guy that was obsessed with white knighting cegals as a mod right??
      FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#108
      KingKongKnows posted...
      hes claimed hes one
      or atl east has

      hes the hugger guy that was obsessed with white knighting cegals as a mod right??


      yep. i would be extremely surprised if cyric is actually a doctor or a scientist

      maybe he meant "scientist" because he studied something worthless like sociology or w/e
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      KingKongKnows posted...
      hes claimed hes one
      or atl east has

      hes the hugger guy that was obsessed with white knighting cegals as a mod right??


      I heard he used to hit on some pretty young ones too. Literal 13 year olds. Racist and a filthy pedo.
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      FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#110
      YourDrunkFather posted...
      KingKongKnows posted...
      hes claimed hes one
      or atl east has

      hes the hugger guy that was obsessed with white knighting cegals as a mod right??


      I heard he used to hit on some pretty young ones too. Literal 13 year olds. Racist and a filthy pedo.


      uh unless you have strong evidence of this i wouldnt go this far, the dude is already doing enough to his own brand, no need for baseless accusations about pedophilia. that just dilutes the legitimate accusations when someone really is a pedo.
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      CyricZ 2 hours ago#111
      This really just shows how insular this little cabal is.

      "Hey white men have totally different views! I like butts and my buddy likes boobs! There is NOTHING in history to suggest that black people, women, Muslims, Hispanics, Asian people could have massively different perspectives based on their upbringing and culture, that a group of white men can't replicate."

      Do you even listen to yourselves?

      Seriously. I know you guys never leave the house, but you must have spoken to a black person or a woman at least once, right?
      CyricZ
      YourDrunkFather posted...


      I heard he used to hit on some pretty young ones too

      i heard you used to beat up old black ladies for fun

      see thats not okay to do. you don't need to make stuff up. it's wrong. he's already proven he thinks all white males are the same
      Gafemage 2 hours ago#113
      it's like that sometimes man ridiculous
      life can be so damn ridiculous
      CyricZ posted...
      This really just shows how insular this little cabal is.

      "Hey white men have totally different views! I like butts and my buddy likes boobs! There is NOTHING in history to suggest that black people, women, Muslims, Hispanics, Asian people could have massively different perspectives based on their upbringing and culture, that a group of white men can't replicate."

      Do you even listen to yourselves?

      Seriously. I know you guys never leave the house, but you must have spoken to a black person or a woman at least once, right?


      what is the difference between black people and black women cause you made an attempt to differ them
      but furthermore doctor science man tell me why you have a different opinion to other white males but then say all white males are the same
      Howl 2 hours ago#115
      Our movie was the best movie ever. If you dont like it you are definitely Nazis.
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      I heard he used to hit on some pretty young ones too. Literal 13 year olds. Racist and a filthy pedo.


      uh unless you have strong evidence of this i wouldnt go this far, the dude is already doing enough to his own brand, no need for baseless accusations about pedophilia. that just dilutes the legitimate accusations when someone really is a pedo.


      Someone brought it up in a topic he was embarrassing himself in yesterday and he didn't deny it...just ignored it. Not proof but definitely not a good look either
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      FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#117
      CyricZ posted...
      This really just shows how insular this little cabal is.

      "Hey white men have totally different views! I like butts and my buddy likes boobs! There is NOTHING in history to suggest that black people, women, Muslims, Hispanics, Asian people could have massively different perspectives based on their upbringing and culture, that a group of white men can't replicate."

      Do you even listen to yourselves?

      Seriously. I know you guys never leave the house, but you must have spoken to a black person or a woman at least once, right?


      literally melting down and doubling down on the racism and sexism lmfao.

      "white men all think the same. theyre incapable of massively different perspectives based on their upbringing and culture"

      fuck off dude
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      CyricZ 2 hours ago#118
      KingKongKnows posted...
      all white males are the same

      Never said that. Your interpretation. I'm saying there's value in diverse criticism in media based on culture and you're saying "Nah man white dudes got this."
      CyricZ
      Howl 2 hours ago#119
      scar the 1 posted...
      Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?


      Not really. That shouldn't honestly even be a job. How can a person's opinion of a movie matter more than anyone else's?
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      FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#120
      CyricZ posted...
      KingKongKnows posted...
      all white males are the same

      Never said that. Your interpretation. I'm saying there's value in diverse criticism in media based on culture and you're saying "Nah man white dudes got this."


      "All whites have the same culture and are incapable of unique diverse criticisms and perspectives in media" - @CyricZ 

      "Stop being racist/sexist!!!1!1!1" - Also @CyricZ 

      lmao
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      CyricZ posted...
      KingKongKnows posted...
      all white males are the same

      Never said that. Your interpretation. I'm saying there's value in diverse criticism in media based on culture and you're saying "Nah man white dudes got this."


      'i never said that but here's what you didn't say but i'll pretend you said anyway'

      the amazing doctor science man ladies and gentlemen or is it black people and ladies because for some reason doctor science man thinks to differ between black ladies and black people in his previous posts
      scar the 1 2 hours ago#122
      Howl posted...
      scar the 1 posted...
      Regardless of the reviews, it's quite a fair point that white men make up 80% of the critics, no?


      Not really. That shouldn't honestly even be a job. How can a person's opinion of a movie matter more than anyone else's?

      close your account please
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      CyricZ 2 hours ago#123
      KingKongKnows posted...

      Just out of curiosity, whose recently banned account is this so I know who I'm actually addressing.
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      i don't talk to people with racist opinions sorry
      CyricZ 2 hours ago#125
      Seriously? I thought you types think of it as a badge of honor to get banned over and over again. Really shows how you figured out the system.
      CyricZ
      Howl 2 hours ago#126
      scar the 1 posted...
      Howl posted...
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      Not really. That shouldn't honestly even be a job. How can a person's opinion of a movie matter more than anyone else's?

      close your account please


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      FLUFFYGERM 2 hours ago#128
      Saving this topic, it's too good.
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      Esrac 2 hours ago#129
      CyricZ posted...
      Esrac posted...
      That's bullshit, because all white men don't all have the same perspective. You're coming very close to pushing some kind of racial and gender monolithic essentialism.

      Okay, so let's look at the other end, the one you're pushing.

      Here in a booth we have two white men.

      Here in another booth we have a white man and, let's say for simplicity, a white woman.

      Are you seriously going to tell me that the differences in perspectives between the two booths are negligible?


      I think it depends on the personal experiences and dispositions of the individual men and women in the booths. The perspectives of the two white men could have significantly more variance than the perspectives of the man and woman.

      Instead, let's put PZ Meyers in one booth with Alex Jones. 

      Then put Ivanka and Eric Trump in the other booth. 

      I'd wager the perspectives of Ivanka and Eric are a lot closer than PZ and Alex.
      Esrac 1 hour ago#130
      CyricZ posted...
      This really just shows how insular this little cabal is.

      "Hey white men have totally different views! I like butts and my buddy likes boobs! There is NOTHING in history to suggest that black people, women, Muslims, Hispanics, Asian people could have massively different perspectives based on their upbringing and culture, that a group of white men can't replicate."

      Do you even listen to yourselves?

      Seriously. I know you guys never leave the house, but you must have spoken to a black person or a woman at least once, right?


      Do you listen to yourself? You're arguing that individuals within similar demographics are going to have the same perspectives. Presumably because you think there is something essential about those demographics that gear them all to the same perspective. 

      There is enough variation among individuals to lead people within similar demographics to radically different perspectives. You might not intend to, but you're communicating the idea that those demographics are monolithic.
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      DevsBro 1 hour ago#131
      Wait so Oceans' 8 having poor reviews is responsible for sexism?
      CyricZ 1 hour ago#132
      Esrac posted...
      I think it depends on the personal experiences and dispositions of the individual men and women in the booths. The perspectives of the two white men could have significantly more variance than the perspectives of the man and woman.

      Instead, let's put PZ Meyers in one booth with Alex Jones. 

      Then put Ivanka and Eric Trump in the other booth. 

      I'd wager the perspectives of Ivanka and Eric are a lot closer than PZ and Alex.


      Yes, in that example, obviously there would be a greater difference in the two men. That said, your example is a little disingenuous, because the man and woman are brother and sister, but I get your point. Substitute Eric Trump for... say Rudy Giulani, or whatever.

      The point of that exercise, which I admit is pretty rough, was to suggest that until you've engaged with people who come from very different places than you, whether it's gender or race, you don't really get how much different their life experiences are from you than someone from the same race/gender/etc. It took me a long time and a lot of frank conversations for a white boy who grew up in NH to understand how different those experiences could be, and for some folk to suggest "Nah, it's probably similar" given what I know of some of these people is, well...

      Furthermore, if you look at the critic base of movies, they're not really broken down by region and socioeconomic position. They're largely liberal and focused around urban areas. So if you were to suggest, hey, rural conservatives are different from urban liberals, yeah, that's true, but let's be honest: how many conservative rural movie critics do you know?
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      CasualGuy 1 hour ago#134
      Maybe producers should actually have the balls to make an all new IP for a female team to make famous instead of putting them on the shoulders of men who already did all the hard work.

      "[X title] but now it's all women because we're totally progressive guys!" Those movies will always suck and always be hated for good reason
      FLUFFYGERM 1 hour ago#135
      CyricZ posted...

      The point of that exercise, which I admit is pretty rough, was to suggest that until you've engaged with people who come from very different places than you, whether it's gender or race, you don't really get how much different their life experiences are from you


      Unless they're white, in which case you can just assume their experiences are all the same. Right?
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      FLUFFYGERM 1 hour ago#136
      CyricZ posted...
      Furthermore, if you look at the critic base of movies, they're not really broken down by region and socioeconomic position.


      It is illogical to assume that every type of work will be broken down into a perfect ratio of region, socioeconomic position, race, sex, favorite sexual position, favorite fetish, etc. This is a delusional expectation that doesn't match reality.

      In the freest societies, you still don't get naturally forming quotas based on immutable characteristics.
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      FLUFFYGERM posted...
      CyricZ posted...

      The point of that exercise, which I admit is pretty rough, was to suggest that until you've engaged with people who come from very different places than you, whether it's gender or race, you don't really get how much different their life experiences are from you


      Unless they're white, in which case you can just assume their experiences are all the same. Right?


      What makes his stupid argument even more hilarious is that he thinks a diverse group of critics would've rated the movie better even though that same diverse group all have different perspectives lol

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      16-BITTER 1 hour ago#138
      CyricZ posted...
      The point of that exercise, which I admit is pretty rough, was to suggest that until you've engaged with people who come from very different places than you, whether it's gender or race, you don't really get how much different their life experiences are from you than someone from the same race/gender/etc.

      I think I understand why we aren't on the same page here. We're not talking about different perspectives on social inequality, or economic policy, or real life situations here. We're talking about reviewing movies. You do not need to have deep life experiences or a rich cultural acumen to review movies, you just have to have watched a lot of movies. 

      Consider if the subject was video games; having come from a black, white, female, male, Asian, transgender or whatever background would have little impact on if you think the combat sucks or if the graphics were good, only the other games you've played would influence your opinion. Maybe the story would affect you on different ways depending on your relation to the main character, but just as in movies, the story isn't everything.

      I think you're elevating film criticism beyond what it deserves.
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      none of the oceans movies are very good, even the first one but -especially- not the sequels. i dunno why anyone would expect the others to be
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      CyricZ 1 hour ago#140
      FLUFFYGERM posted...
      It is illogical to assume that every type of work will be broken down into a perfect ratio

      Proud, this is the only time I intend to address you in this topic.

      For every other type of work I'd agree with you.

      But not for criticism and evaluation of media and entertainment.

      In that venue more than any other, I think it's essential we get as much of a breadth of perspectives as possible, because media and entertainment are a reflection of our own global culture and individual cultures. They re-imagine experiences and reproduce them for our own mental processing. They're based on the idea of getting to our emotional centers and figuring out what works to get us entertained. For that, I think it's worth going outside the lines a bit and while I'm not looking for a mathematical distribution, I think we can do better than 80% white urban liberal men.
      CyricZ
      FLUFFYGERM 1 hour ago#141
      CyricZ posted...
      Proud, this is the only time I intend to address you in this topic.


      Shut the fuck up, you are not some reasonable beacon. You are unreasonable and your view has been sufficiently destroyed by multiple people. Get off the high horse for once.
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      FLUFFYGERM 1 hour ago#142
      CyricZ posted...
      In that venue more than any other, I think it's essential we get as much of a breadth of perspectives as possible, because media and entertainment are a reflection of our own global culture and individual cultures. They re-imagine experiences and reproduce them for our own mental processing. They're based on the idea of getting to our emotional centers and figuring out what works to get us entertained.


      You are literally still arguing that whites are not capable of having a breadth of perspectives, and that other races are inherently varied in their perspectives. That is racist and sexist. You haven't even given any specific examples of movie rating criteria and how race/gender matters.
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      CyricZ 1 hour ago#143
      16-BITTER posted...
      You do not need to have deep life experiences or a rich cultural acumen to review movies, you just have to have watched a lot of movies.

      Maybe not how you describe it, but regardless, we are all part of the human experience, so you can't help but get people critiquing movies have had *some* life experience and apply those experiences to what and how they view. As I said earlier, "Get Out" in particular spoke to a large number of black Americans, and even struck some white Americans as to certain aspects of the black American experience the way that movies don't typically go.

      Consider if the subject was video games; having come from a black, white, female, male, Asian, transgender or whatever background would have little impact on if you think the combat sucks or if the graphics were good, only the other games you've played would influence your opinion. Maybe the story would affect you on different ways depending on your relation to the main character, but just as in movies, the story isn't everything.

      The story is certainly a greater aspect in films than it is in video games, but even how that story is presented can have an effect. Cinematography and direction have their own contributions to the story in the way they're utilized.

      16-BITTER posted...
      I think you're elevating film criticism beyond what it deserves.

      Well, that's your opinion. All I know is that I've watched some pretty good critiques over the past decade or so that make me think and learn about movies with a lot more scrutiny as an adult than I did back in school.
      CyricZ
      Esrac 1 hour ago#144
      CyricZ posted...
      Esrac posted...
      I think it depends on the personal experiences and dispositions of the individual men and women in the booths. The perspectives of the two white men could have significantly more variance than the perspectives of the man and woman.

      Instead, let's put PZ Meyers in one booth with Alex Jones. 

      Then put Ivanka and Eric Trump in the other booth. 

      I'd wager the perspectives of Ivanka and Eric are a lot closer than PZ and Alex.


      Yes, in that example, obviously there would be a greater difference in the two men. That said, your example is a little disingenuous, because the man and woman are brother and sister, but I get your point. Substitute Eric Trump for... say Rudy Giulani, or whatever.

      The point of that exercise, which I admit is pretty rough, was to suggest that until you've engaged with people who come from very different places than you, whether it's gender or race, you don't really get how much different their life experiences are from you than someone from the same race/gender/etc. It took me a long time and a lot of frank conversations for a white boy who grew up in NH to understand how different those experiences could be, and for some folk to suggest "Nah, it's probably similar" given what I know of some of these people is, well...

      Furthermore, if you look at the critic base of movies, they're not really broken down by region and socioeconomic position. They're largely liberal and focused around urban areas. So if you were to suggest, hey, rural conservatives are different from urban liberals, yeah, that's true, but let's be honest: how many conservative rural movie critics do you know?


      I deliberately chose the Trump siblings because their siblings and likely had similar upbringings that would give them similar perspectives despite their differing sex. Compared to the other booth that has a far right conspiracy theorist and a far left atheist who are both white men. To emphasis that there are more important factors in determining perspective than race and gender.

      Yes, there is a lot of overlap regarding movie critics being urban liberals. So, are you ready to go to bat for the fledgling rural conservative movie critic? Should we see a bigger push for the perspectives of poor, rural, conservative white males in movie criticism? Are they a less valuable perspective than, say, the urban, liberal, upper middle class asian woman? Compared to an urban, liberal, upper middle class white man?

      What I'm trying to get at is they're clamoring for the perspectives of women or people of color as if those are the primary variables to influence perspectives. When, I think, you can still get remarkably different perspectives within the same racial and gender demographics by accounting for other factors. A white man who grew up poor in a trailer park in Mississippi is probably going to have a different perspective than a white man who grew up wealthy in New York. And that's just within the United States. Will a white man born and raised in Africa have the same perspective as a white man born and raised in Soviet Russia?

      FLUFFYGERM posted...
      CyricZ posted...

      The point of that exercise, which I admit is pretty rough, was to suggest that until you've engaged with people who come from very different places than you, whether it's gender or race, you don't really get how much different their life experiences are from you


      Unless they're white, in which case you can just assume their experiences are all the same. Right?


      Be fair to him. He at least acknowledges that there are differences between, say, urban liberal whites and rural conservative whites.
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      FLUFFYGERM 1 hour ago#146
      Esrac posted...
      Be fair to him. He at least acknowledges that there are differences between, say, urban liberal whites and rural conservative whites.


      I'm not convinced he does. He just wants brownie points for pretending to bash the liberal whites since he thinks we are that conservative that it matters to us that he's attacking white LIBERALS lol
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      CyricZ 1 hour ago#147
      Esrac posted...
      What I'm trying to get at is they're clamoring for the perspectives of women or people of color as if those are the primary variables to influence perspectives.

      I'd argue, and have argued, that they're a greater aspect to focus on for diversity in the field.

      But I can only cite my own experiences and those aforementioned frank conversations.
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      CyricZ 1 hour ago#148
      FLUFFYGERM posted...
      He just wants brownie points

      From who? We're the only ones in this topic.
      CyricZ
      Esrac 1 hour ago#149
      FLUFFYGERM posted...
      Esrac posted...
      Be fair to him. He at least acknowledges that there are differences between, say, urban liberal whites and rural conservative whites.


      I'm not convinced he does. He just wants brownie points for pretending to bash the liberal whites since he thinks we are that conservative that it matters to us what their skin color is.


      What brownie points? From who? He wasn't bashing liberal whites in that post. He isn't even pretending to. 

      If you think he is being dishonest with his posts, then why are you even trying to argue against his statements? There would clearly be no point to the dispute if you assume his statements are deliberately made in bad faith.
      Esrac 1 hour ago#150
      CyricZ posted...
      Esrac posted...
      What I'm trying to get at is they're clamoring for the perspectives of women or people of color as if those are the primary variables to influence perspectives.

      I'd argue, and have argued, that they're a greater aspect to focus on for diversity in the field.

      But I can only cite my own experiences and those aforementioned frank conversations.


      Do you think poor blacks in Baltimore and upper middle class blacks in Brooklyn are going to have the same perspectives on the The Wire as they would The Cosby Show just because they're black?

      I would doubt it. As a poor white guy in Louisiana, I wouldn't presume to have the same perspective as a rich white guy in California.
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