“The Fast and the Furious has long been lauded for its diversity, and if we’re looking specifically at racial diversity, then the kudos are deserved.”
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“Isle of Dogs emphasizes the inscrutability and Otherness of its Japanese characters. I was deeply uncomfortable listening to the majority white audience laugh when they would speak.”
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“Alma is a well-matched partner in Reynolds’ games of power and manipulation. She is not defenseless. She has agency, cunning, and intelligence.”
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“The Post bills itself as a feminist movie, but its portrayal of female empowerment is remarkably dated.”
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“The portrayal of women and people of color in Life doesn’t outright offend, but their renderings are as watery as the rest of this cinematic oatmeal.”
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“War for the Planet of the Apes rebukes toxic masculinity and centers nonverbal communication, but it forgets to lift up women or people of color in its ambitious goals.”
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"Hiring LGBTQ talent into major creative roles can spur more interesting storytelling."
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“The Shape of Water probably had inclusive goals, but execution is everything. ”
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“Early Man’s lovable and non-verbal warthog has more screen time than any female character.”
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“The Commuter uses female characters as nothing more than plot accessories.”
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“Call Me By Your Name has been marketed as a gay romance, yet less overt is its inclusion of Jewish culture.”
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“There are ways to portray a goober who happens to be overweight without resorting to fat-shaming for laughs.”
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"The film harbors no curiosity whatsoever of the man behind the brown skin and turban."
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"Having a woman at the helm cements the feminist chops of The Beguiled; however, people of color are absent from this eerie fable."
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“Rough Night is uneven in more ways than one, displaying a fantastic same-sex relationship in the same breath as it makes fun of fat people.”
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“I can only hope that the Saw franchise will realize how much underrepresented audiences are dying to see themselves up on the silver screen.”
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“Enjoyable enough, but The Foreigner carries a distinctly Beijing sheen at the expense of Vietnamese erasure.”
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“Stronger stops short of authentic casting but manages to present Jeff Bauman’s story with sensitivity and realism.”
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“Women and people of color exist at the margins of Spider-Man: Homecoming, peeking in but never developing corporeal form.”
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“Despite addiction being one of the main themes of the film, The Glass Castle fails to adequately address the issue.”
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