5 Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie

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Olikan

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#3. Movies Are Still Weirdly Prudish About Some Subjects

If we say Hollywood is a bunch of prudes when it comes to female sexuality, you'll probably say, "Whaaaaaat? Everyone loves seeing boobies! I'm looking at them right now! Hell, there's a nip slip in Avatar if you know where to pause it!" But we're not talking about showing boobs or sexy ladies. We're talking about female sexuality.
female sexuality is something that many womens don't really like to see...
i don't really know, why...but the older she is, the worst it is

i work with 8 womens in the same room...
and it's really weird...if they see other women flerting with a guy, like..."ok, call me latter" well then, she is a whore...
but talking about the weirdest sex is ok, as long she is the part of the group...
 

sdifox

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lulz, movies are fantasies, you don't want to be hindered by reality.


When I am watching Mission Impossible, I don't think why isn't Ethan Hawk Asian. I really don't care what ethnicity he is.
 

Paratus

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This came to mind:

Hooper: Always some white boy gotta invoke the holy trilogy. Bust this: Those movies are about how the white man keeps the brother man down, even in a galaxy far, far away. Check this shit: You got cracker farm boy Luke Skywalker, Nazi poster boy, blond hair, blue eyes. And then you got Darth Vader, the blackest brother in the galaxy, Nubian god!
Banky Edwards: What's a Nubian?
Hooper: Shut the fuck up! Now... Vader, he's a spiritual brother, y'know, down with the force and all that good shit. Then this cracker, Skywalker, gets his hands on a light saber and the boy decides he's gonna run the fuckin' universe; gets a whole clan of whites together. And they go and bust up Vader's hood, the Death Star. Now what the fuck do you call that?
Banky Edwards: Intergalactic civil war?
Hooper: Gentrification! They gon' drive out the black element to make the galaxy quote, unquote, safe for white folks. And Jedi's the most insulting installment! Because Vader's beautiful black visage is sullied when he pulls off his mask to reveal a feeble, crusty, old white man! They tryin' to tell us that deep inside we all wants to be white!
Banky Edwards: Well, isn't that true?
[Hooper pulls out his gun, shoots Banky]
 

PokerGuy

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That articles reads like the kind of tripe they feed to impressionable minds at lib colleges. What a bunch of drivel, they want to pretend that humans are not wired the way they are.
 

pelov

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I agree with you, OP, but the fact that the Russians wouldn't invite the North Koreans to dinner still doesn't sit well with me.
 

HumblePie

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Predator 2 Danny Glover survives a "horror" movie all the way to the end and he's neither will smith nor eddie murphy. Same for all the lethal weapon movies.

Cabin in the Woods had the refer dork survive until the end as well.

There are actually quite a few horror movies where the black characters now survive or the least expected characters make it through.
 

dainthomas

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"Waif-fu" cracked me up. I stood next to Summer Glau at Comicon, and that chick is a maybe a buck ten soaking wet. So that part is accurate.
 

jagec

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That articles reads like the kind of tripe they feed to impressionable minds at lib colleges. What a bunch of drivel, they want to pretend that humans are not wired the way they are.

Actually, I think they're pointing out why these prejudices persist.

And just because we're wired to, say, get cancer and die once we're past reproductive age doesn't mean that we can't try to do something about it. Psychology is the same way. "Know thyself"...so that you can make improvements.
 

Train

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If you want a serious movie with a black hero.. make one.

Don't make "black guy in a fat suit pretending to be a woman Part 5"
 

CraigRT

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I don't think about any of it.
Movies are just entertainment.
Although I can see your point for most of those.
 

Perknose

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Tender, loving members of the Waffen SS, where are they?

Cop buddy movies where both cops are gay . . . conspicuously absent!
 

Jeeebus

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I love how it mentions Danny Glover in Saw and in the next clause talks about the token black guy in Predator. Hey shithead, Danny Glover was the lead in predator 2 and certainly survived the film. If you're going to cherry pick to prove your point, at least make it somewhat less obvious.
 

pelov

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I love how it mentions Danny Glover in Saw and in the next clause talks about the token black guy in Predator. Hey shithead, Danny Glover was the lead in predator 2 and certainly survived the film. If you're going to cherry pick to prove your point, at least make it somewhat less obvious.

He also raped, pillaged and had an army of child soldiers.

 

JulesMaximus

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lulz, movies are fantasies, you don't want to be hindered by reality.


When I am watching Mission Impossible, I don't think why isn't Ethan Hawk Asian. I really don't care what ethnicity he is.

You probably wouldn't have gone to see it if he was Asian though. I think that's the point of this article and it is an interesting take on how race influences people and the decisions they make. And if you think for a second that it doesn't, you're out of your mind.
 

JulesMaximus

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Predator 2 Danny Glover survives a "horror" movie all the way to the end and he's neither will smith nor eddie murphy. Same for all the lethal weapon movies.

Cabin in the Woods had the refer dork survive until the end as well.

There are actually quite a few horror movies where the black characters now survive or the least expected characters make it through.

Pretty sure Mel Gibson was the lead in the Lethal Weapon movies...

Did anyone see Predator 2? I've never seen it.
 

sdifox

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You probably wouldn't have gone to see it if he was Asian though. I think that's the point of this article and it is an interesting take on how race influences people and the decisions they make. And if you think for a second that it doesn't, you're out of your mind.

Nope. I don't really care about who plays what. I can only speak for myself of course. Now if I know the source material and they change a black charater to a white character, that would drive me nuts.
 
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