Sundance So Far: Hollywood’s Own State of the Union Address, From Diverse Stories(T)

thewrap.com ^ | 1/27/2019 | Steve Pond

[rktman]

PUKE ALERT!!!!

The Sundance Film Festival is always a barometer of the times to some degree, with often-topical indie films alternating with documentaries about the hot-button issues of the day. But there’s something particularly timely about this year’s Sundance, which has made a point of embracing diversity and in its first four days has showcased a slate of films that constitute its own (non-delayed) State of the Union address.

Screening at a festival that gave 63 percent of its press credentials to underrepresented groups and booked nearly half its slate with female directors, the films that have gotten the most buzz at this year’s festival almost all have a significant amount of contemporary resonance.

[rktman]

Self indulgence much? So diversely awesome.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

* 2/3 of press credentials to underrepresented groups
* Half of films have female directors
* Most buzz are films with significant “contemporary resonance”

I can’t wait to read about it and watch the films.

/s

[rktman]

I know right! 😹😹😹

[BillyBonebrake]

Lets invite all the underrepresented to our ultra-rich, homogenous, whitebread mountain enclave for a week so we can preen about our morality. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

[rktman]

Only if they have to pass through an entrance in a wall.

[dfwgator]

From South Park:

Robert Redford: This is perfect. Why didn’t we think of it sooner? This town still has some charm left, not the mess we turned Park City into.

Phyllis: Forgive me for being observant, but, won’t we just end up doing the same thing to this town?

Robert Redford: Yes. And the town after, and the town after that. Like termites, we will move this film festival from town to town until we have used it up. And then move on, until every quiet mountain town is like Los Angeles.

Phyllis: Why? Why would we do such a thing?

Robert Redford: Because we have to live in L.A. And if we can’t live in quiet, simple, peaceful mountain towns, then nobody will! [Laughs maniacally] Waitwaitwait. Zoom in to a close-up of my face when I do that. Ready. Then NOBODY will! [the camera moves in as he laughs maniacally again] That’s it.

[Steely Tom]

From the article:

The biggest sale, by far, was for “Late Night,” a comedy written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Nisha Ganatra that beneath the laughs tackled the underrepresentation of women in television writers’ rooms.

Huge issue for everyday Americans.

[rktman]

Moo 🐄ves it up on my list of who gives a 💩.

[polymuser]

I sure hope there are no immoral barriers of any kind there...

[wbill]

tackled the underrepresentation of women in television writers’ rooms.

I'll go out on a limb and suggest that the current crop of female comedy writers is under-represented 'Because they're not funny'.

That might be too obvious, though.

However, judging by the state of comedy today, the men aren't any great shakes, either.

[Yaelle]

“Diversity” means sticking as close to the top of the hierarchy as possible.

Sub Saharan African heritage in one of the last 3 generations
Transgender
Gay
Hispanic
Middle eastern
Female white
Male white
ANY KIND OF CONSERVATIVE