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Entertainment / Re: Let's talk about the Oscar Nominees for 2019
« on: March 22, 2019, 03:14:53 pm »And now the white person is the protagonist, so they should grow and change,
Reading through the thread, it occurred to me if this isn't another big reason for why these kinds of movies keep getting made- people like redemption. They like stories of people overcoming their flaws and becoming better, wiser individuals. Stories about redemption are uplifting and inspiring and they make us feel hopeful, especially when it's a story about someone overcoming some really awful flaw like deep-seated racism. We like the idea that there's good in everybody, that a white supremacist can possibly stop being a white supremacist and that maybe we'll finally reach a point where we really can all "just get along." And honestly, I think stories like that can be just as important to tell and to hear. But they can obviously be told in very problematic ways and when that's the only story about race that gets told, you run into so many of the issues that people have discussed in this thread.