First off: my goal here is to see how different people with different background and experiences focus on different things in a movie
Amidst the whole Green Book winning BP-drama, one point that was discussed was Spike Lee and his apparently emotional reaction to Green Book winning. And ofc how there is a parallel to "Driving Miss Daisy" winning the Oscar in 1990 when Lee had "Do the Right Thing" in the running (which wasn't even nominated). BlacKkKlansman was said to have tackled the topic of racism in a better and more nuanced way. Ok, this is just to explain why I am going to ask what I'm gonig to ask about BlacKkKlansman. I do not want to talk about Green Book or the Academy Awards (and I kinda question if I should've mentioned it at all)
So, my question is:
What was your reaction to racism as shown in BlacKkKlansman? Did it resonate with you? Did it teach you something? Did it maybe change your perception of or opinion on something? What did you take away from this?
I'm asking this because I - a white guy, not American - and also my friends didn't have much of a reaction to it. Ofc the film dealt with racism, but there was no lasting effect on us. Stuff like police harassing black people and all the other shit that is happening made us sympathize with and root for whoever was exposed to this. It didn't make me think about it after the film ended. And I believe the reason is that as a whole, it was a fun film. I was entertained. And it was funny in plenty of scenes, including dumb or goofy moments by the racists. This made sure I saw it as entertainment and nothing more. The only thing that did evoke a real reaction from and stuck with me wasn't part of the actual movie - it was the footage from Charlottesville.
I can definitely see how you would pick up or focus on different things if you have experienced racism, have friends who have or you are simply more interested in it for whatever reason. So that's what I want to know, how did you experience it?
To be clear, this is much more about how we as an audience perceive the film and what we take away from it and not as much about the film's objective quality.
Submitted February 26, 2019 at 06:33AM by AaronBrownell https://ift.tt/2IEiyFD