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Movie Critics Are Mostly White Men, Study Shows
Variety ^ | June 10, 2018 | Brent Lang

Posted on 06/12/2018 6:45:49 PM PDT by EdnaMode

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To: a fool in paradise

>>How many of them are fags?<<

I’ll take “All” for $800 Alex.


21 posted on 06/12/2018 7:12:13 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("We were designed as gardeners, not cubicle rats." (/robroys woman))
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To: FrankR

If someone is going to be a critic, I’m going to want to know how competent they are in the knowledge of film.

Sony was hiring their own critics to generate pull quotes for sh!t films.

Simply being able to gush about some contemporary crap isn’t enough to qualify as a “critic”.

There are people who’ve pushed The BATMAN: Dark Knight Returns to #4 on the top 50 best movies of all time on IMDB. Was it REALLY that good of a movie? Avengers Infinity War is #20 OF ALL TIME??? Django Unchained #61????

https://www.imdb.com/chart/top


22 posted on 06/12/2018 7:13:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it?)
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To: Old Yeller

There are gays in the theater? Who knew????


23 posted on 06/12/2018 7:16:01 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Popman

I normally don’t know the race of who’s reviewing a film or album. Unless they make a point to draw attention to their name or interject their own politics into something.

How many black critics are reviewing rock albums these days?

I’ve known some black writers who have covered rock music scenes very well but they are the exception to the rule, most shun it altogether.


24 posted on 06/12/2018 7:16:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it?)
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To: EdnaMode
Couldn’t care less what critics say because I don't attend films.So they can be any color,gender,species...their opinions are still worthless to me.
25 posted on 06/12/2018 7:19:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: EdnaMode

Oh the horror.That said, these “white men” seem to spend most of their time promoting movies that would have them hanging from nooses. They’re trying to curry favor with a lobby more powerful than they.

Most of them are extreme leftists and naively believe that they can control the monster they have created.

After all, they’re movie critics or actors or both...but what does that matter in reality world when the left is coming after you? Nuttin’.


26 posted on 06/12/2018 7:21:10 PM PDT by livius
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To: freedumb2003

Trailers From Hell has movie directors gush over the movie trailers for films (from past years and past decades) that they liked. Some of their commentary is trivial, some illuminating, and some batsh!t crazy political leftard rants.

Joe Dante and John Landis kicked it off.
https://www.youtube.com/user/trailersfromhell/videos

A good critic should give you enough information to go on to decide if you want to engage a film. Longer critical pieces are written to explain why it was good or bad or in context with other works to discuss trends and ideas.

You’ll generally base your future selections on the track record of what you agreed or disagreed with them on... You may even reject out of hand what they recommended and see what they said avoid.


27 posted on 06/12/2018 7:25:56 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it?)
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To: EdnaMode

The only movie critics I ever respected where on “In Living Color”.


28 posted on 06/12/2018 7:35:38 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: Blue Collar Christian
The only movie critics I ever respected where on “In Living Color”.

What about "Sneaking Into the Movies"....

29 posted on 06/12/2018 7:38:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: EdnaMode

Then they are self-hating white guys.

Who listens to these pretentious blow-hards anyway?


30 posted on 06/12/2018 7:40:27 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: dfwgator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfWc47SEPA0


31 posted on 06/12/2018 7:41:43 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ExpatCanuck

Actually most jockeys are...eh...proper word...”Hispanic”.


32 posted on 06/12/2018 7:43:58 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: EdnaMode

Flash: Among American citizen males, white males are a majority. And???


33 posted on 06/12/2018 7:45:28 PM PDT by upchuck (The problem: parents doing their careers instead of raising their kids. h/t: Wyrd bið ful aræd)
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To: EdnaMode

Leftist women don’t know when to stop bitching. They are never happy.


34 posted on 06/12/2018 7:55:28 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: dfwgator

Never heard of it.


35 posted on 06/12/2018 7:59:05 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: Blue Collar Christian


Hated it!
36 posted on 06/12/2018 8:07:51 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: EdnaMode

Another possibility: the Mommy bloggers reviewing kid movies and discussing it with each other were ignored by this study.


37 posted on 06/12/2018 8:31:37 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: EdnaMode

Because feminists think modern Hollywood productions are all documentaries. :)


38 posted on 06/12/2018 8:34:44 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: tbw2

Yeah that’s very likely.


39 posted on 06/12/2018 8:36:32 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
Isn't it possible that they are more white men interested in being movie critics than anyone else?

In today's world, the only possible answer is: No, because - RACISM!

And the only possible solution is: Quotas.

Regards,

40 posted on 06/12/2018 8:52:38 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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