Y’all need to look up the meaning of satire and trope cuz this is ridiculous 😭. The American Society of Magical Negroes is a satirical film about the magical negro trope often used in media. Satire means that it will be making fun of the trope and even criticizing it. These types of movies/books usually only have one Black character and it often requires said Black character to do heavy lifting for the white character(s). It’s literally what happened in Ghost with Whoopi Goldberg. As much as we might like the movie it’s true. I also have a post about Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa and that trope goes crazy in that book. The Black character most likely will be portrayed to be stereotypical or 50/50 wind up dying, teaching the white character some sort of lesson, and then being forgotten until it’s convenient or completely while the white MC gets some sort of power up and their arc is completed. I promise it’s not gonna hurt you to laugh at how stupid it is. I’m also pretty sure Key & Peele had a skit about this.

Just for fun, what’s a movie you feel that was either ahead of its time or would’ve been appreciated more if it came out a few years later?

I’m asking because I just watched “Fifth Element” for the first time and I’m convinced that if the movie was released today, audiences wouldn’t be as turned off from its ‘overblown’ style. I feel that current audiences are much more accepting of movies that are extremely campy and outrageous, especially since anime and superheroes are now more accepted in the mainstream.

Another one could be “Starship Troopers”. I feel that present-day audiences would catch on the movie’s obvious satirical take of fascism much faster due to the current political climate. Maybe this is just me, but when I first saw this movie, I just thought it was soldiers shooting monsters (I was in elementary school at the time). I only learned that it was a satire afterwards when I read about the making of the movie. Nowadays, thanks to social media, I’ll hear about an upcoming movie’s supposed political stances before I even watch it. I just feel that if “Starship Troopers” was released today, it’d be review-bombed weeks before its release due to how ‘woke’ it is, as well as praised for its sharp satirical take of the military industrial complex. Which I think the director would be fine with since that’s in line with his vision of the movie in the first place.

Anyways, sorry for the long tangent. What do y’all feel were movies that were ahead of their time?

Some people will really say, "I support women's wrongs!" about some female character and then go on to explain that they think her actions are:

not truly women's (meaning her circumstances and/or the people around her are primarily at fault), and

not truly wrong.

...There are no remaining words in the phrase "women's wrongs"?

You are free to think of characters however you'd like (sometimes I might even agree with you), but some of us like villainous women and aren't cowards about it. I recommend you give it a try.

Say what you want about queerbaiting. It's harmful, queer people deserve stronger representation...I agree. But it is just so genuinely funny to watch StraightPeople™ discuss something that's so obviously gay but they genuinely have no idea?? You fools? Do you not feel the pure homosexuality bleeding out of this piece of media??

nothing is more annoying than people that think media literacy just means applying real life moral values to fictional characters

I honestly truly will never understand all of these huge, worth over billions upon billions of dollars entertainment companies and these damn greedy executives that seriously be acting like paying their writers and employees also giving them actual good liveable wages will kill them or make them bankrupt. For real, it shouldn't be that hard or difficult to give people better living and working conditions.

All this mess going on within the industry, I feel, is just of cumulation of issues that's been building up for a long awhile now. Honestly with the way these companies and execs are treating the very people that makes up the industry with not valuing them at all or not treating said employees like human beings.

It's really makes me wish that Hollywood would just collapse in on itself and just start over from scratch.

for the one thing id like to know,,, what is your #1 comfort media? (i didn't know quite how to word this lol, but like, a movie/show/book/etc)

That’s actually a great question,

i feel like i find comfort in all of the things you listed but for comfort movies i’d say :

The Lion King, because i watched it a lot as a kid so it’s very nostalgic

Arna’s Children, because the story is just beyond belief and truly super interesting

Forrest Gump, because i love the unique storyline and i also loved the narration

Bullet Train, went into this movie with no expectations but was really surprised with how much i was enjoying it

Salt of This Sea, because it’s quite different from other Palestinian movies with a nice and not so complicated storyline

And as for shows i’d say :

Friends, because i rewatched it so many times and it actually helped improve my English a lot and i relate to some of the characters… i stopped rewatching it when i found out the actors are pro zionism tho :(

How I Met Your Mother, i love the connections between all of the characters and the show in general gives me a sense of nostalgia to a life that i never had and to a place that i’ve never been to

Paranormal, one of the very few Middle Eastern shows that i watched and found genuinely very entertaining and enjoyable

Cunk on Earth, watched it last year when it went viral and it was so worth it

As for books, i think that the last question i answered (which was about my favorite books) sums it up pretty well

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Internalized Homophobia

I feel like a lot of internalized homophobia comes from the fact that most of us have grown up surrounded by many straight people and influences. Don't get me wrong, there were (and still are) gay people and media, but we weren't really exposed to it. Let's Take Barbie and Ken for example, or the Disney Princesses, or pretty much any TV show you would watch growing up. It's all "Mr. and Mrs. Duck..." or "Prince meets Princess". When has there ever been "Prince meets Prince" or "Princess meets Princess" or "Prince wants to be a beautiful princess". So, when we start questioning gender and sexuality, you start to question whether or not it is okay to be gay/trans, and it can be terrifying coming out or realizing you can't be yourself in certain spaces or even within your own families.

If y'all want to, share your experiences with internalized homophobia and/or the kind media and people you grew up with.

Also, we need more gay movies and more accurate ones.

I've seen quite a few people here criticize the use of the words "consume" and "content" in reference to various media and art forms. I understand why this might be; it has some very commercialized implications.

However, please, I beg of you: Understand that some of us are trying not to be specific about medium. I refuse to write something like "read/watch/listen to/play/view/etc." every time I want to be more general.

Either someone suggests a better way to phrase this, or you are consuming content and you're going to have to deal with it.

If it helps, you can always think of it in an erotic cannibalism way. People are into that, right?

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"I thought Louise was your God"- Episode 4, season 1

Now, why did Mr Molloy think so?

Of course Armand/Rashid said he serves a God but I have this feeling it's not Louise. Could be Marius Romanas.

Also, why the building shakes ? It's not the height, it's definitely not the height.

There has to be secret residents there, other vampires, may be Armand's coven.

And the butlers were the theater actor vampires, the few left out of Louise's wrath.

They were performing too.

Now, all that's just my theory, we'll know for sure in a year.

the former consequence of sound writer admitting he was encouraged by editorial to drag taylor when he negatively reviewed reputation, and saying, "they loved the engagement of a hit piece" is absolutely gross, but also predictable - and a real insight into the industry that i feel like everyone should keep in mind. are you suddenly seeing a massive amount of negative press about someone for seemingly no reason other than the nasty glee of an internet pile-on? are there shockingly cruel viral tweets that people are bandwagoning and laughing at spitefully, despite that negativity standing in direct contrast to everything we've ever heard about that person, their known character (and yes, reputation) stated by everyone who knows or has worked with them? has this person in any way done anything "wrong," or are they just genuine and earnest and creative and popular to the point where the tide has turned for no reason other than meanness? is the media stoking negativity and hit pieces because it gets them engagement and clicks, and that's all that matters to them?

it has happened over and over and over again (particularly, though not limited to, to women). and every single time, years later, there's this mea culpa reassessment that's like, "gee, i guess we shouldn't have done that," and every time the damage is already done because of the psychological and emotional toll it takes on those who get put in the crosshairs. everyone likes to pretend we've learned from britney, from anne hathaway (two examples among MANY), from the intentional manipulative lie that led to the hit pieces and snake emojis and death threats and celebration of downfall that very nearly broke taylor, but we haven't. it's still happening. we've seen some horrible examples of it just this year. social media and entertainment media are still continuously feeding on this attitude. it's up to us to use some discernment and compassion.