Tag: Octavia Spencer
The Help Is (Still) What (White) People Are Watching To Make Themselves Feel Aware
In one of many classic examples of how Hollywood has fucked over black people since the film industry’s inception, the very existence of The Help [Read More…]
Ostracism’s No Party: Ma
As one of the elements of bullying still largely unaddressed by the so-called bleeding hearts of primarily liberals, ostracism factors in heavily to the lifelong [Read More…]
The Shape of Water’s Sweep at The Oscars & Its Significance to Hollywood Doing Its Best to Be More “Inclusive”
Because Get Out winning Best Picture would have been far too political a choice (and also would have meant that Allison Williams had starred in [Read More…]
“The Legend of a Man-Fish”: The Shape of Water at Last Finds The Creature From the Black Lagoon Vindicated
“Time is but a river flowing from our past.” This is the first “thought of the day” we’re confronted with as mute cleaning woman Elisa [Read More…]
Hidden Figures: A Movie That Figures Out How to Lend the Term “Feel-Good” to Racism
A film about a trio of exceptionally brilliant black female mathematicians, one would think, ought to be directed by, ideally, a black female–or at least [Read More…]
Such A Mean Old Man, Such A Dirty Old Man: Bad Santa 2
The sequel is rarely a one-up of its original, except in the case of The Godfather: Part II and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. But, at [Read More…]
