Posted on 06/10/2020 7:52:11 AM PDT by kevcol
Netflix subscribers are urging the streaming service remove the historical drama The Help as they accuse the hit film of having a 'white savior' narrative.
The 2011 film, which was adapted from a novel written by author Kathryn Stockett, imagines the relationship between black maids, cooks and nannies during the 1960s with the white people who they served.
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I knew the Stocketts
What a hoot of irony
Ok so we left blacks in tropical Africa
Suits me
Where would they be now ?
Titans of industry and innovation Im sure....
Make Wakanda Great Again!
Remember how pissed some were that “Green Book” won Best Picture?
HBO just removed Gone with the Wind
Will libraries start book burnings next?
did they force FOX off the air yet?
Freepers might understand the reference, but Anitfa/BLM will not. At least their foot-soldiers won’t.
Obviously, those complainig never watched the movie.
I fell asleep halfway through it.
Actually I had the same criticism of the film when it came out. It’s one of the movies that Hollywood loves to make - the forward-thinking, self-satisfied white person elevates the racial minority to heights that they couldn’t have done without the help.
They’ve enjoyed doing and re-doing that concept for decades.
Another concept that Hollywood loves is the satire about their own industry that ostensibly looks scathing, but it’s really jusr another form of self-glorification.
That was why blacks, especially Spike Lee, were upset when “Green Book” beat out “Black Klansman” for Best Picture.
Yep. I think it’s a valid criticism of the industry - Hollywood can’t get over itself and adores the basic story arc of the white liberal elevating the minority.
Malcolm X was right about White Liberals.
I always liked that movie Remember the Titans that showed how the black and white football players could get along. I guess that one will be axed next, right?
Or “Stripes”
“Come on guys, rhythm!.....Black guys help the white guys!”
Oh, and I bet Sandra Bullock will have to give back the Oscar she finally won for Blind Side! She might even have to give back her kid!
Strange, given that’s what most liberals aspire to be.
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