(10-01-2024, 03:40 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Okay, it's getting to the point again with HLIAA14YOG where I think we need to hose him down with ice water. Just what does this edit actually contribute other than "I'm an angry white man upset that people can be racist toward me as opposed to the way things are supposed to be"?
I think this sort of thing belongs in a review or blog post. As analysis, I can think of a least one easy counterpoint, and film isn’t my strongest suit. The film was at least somewhat controversial on release as stated by the page description. If my memory serves me, people had some similar reactions to Robert Downey Junior doing something that is on a surface level similar in Tropic Thunder. (Not a straight inversion, but close enough) This happened just a few years after the publication of White Chicks, showing this was still within the rough window of public acceptability at the time, though either was of course not entirely kosher at the time. I could be off the mark here, but the current example doesn’t pass the sniff test for me either.
I’ll give them credit for adding some more direct context to the example, since before it was long winded way of saying "And How!", but this new example ain’t it in my limited knowledge of the subject matter.