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#people of color to be spectacized and tokenized. and i dont think most people making those statements would agree w that
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can i be so honest. every critique ive read of nope so far has been very lacking
#myposts
#genuinely it seems like the only way people feel comfortable with interacting w this film is through the lens of 'spectacle bad'
#without ever really defining what 'spectacle' means for the record!
#it often takes of these contradictory meanings even in the same sentences which makes the whole thing feel worse bc like
#i dont think YOU know what YOURE talking about
#and the same w how the movie talks about race
#earnestly if the only thing u think it has to say about race is like. people of color are either excluded from or tokenized in hollywood
#then ur going to have to square that w ur critique that spectacle is bad end of sentence
#is it the characters saving grace that they are exempted from an exploitative industry or should that industry be exploiting them??
#bc if ur saying hollywood is bad bc excluding ppl of color + spectacle exploitation u seem to be implying that we should want
#people of color to be spectacized and tokenized. and i dont think most people making those statements would agree w that
#i genuinely think its the fault of this overreliance on the word spectacle as the thing that holds it together
#which sucks actually bc i havent even seen people super digging into the word itself and how fascinating its usage as the bad miracle is
#idk. i think theres more to the movie--way more--than just the sin of looking
#witnessing and understanding through the look is so significant and so good in it. it is OJ looking at emerald him Seeing her
#that gives jean jacket its name. its recognization
#we learn to be less afraid of the monster when we understand it--when we see it--and know it doesnt want to be looked at
#do you see what i mean?
#and thats aside from how it complicates the black horror narrative itself--how it highlights desperation induced by poverty
#induced by racism and racially justified disregard as legitimate problems that cant be solved by galacybraining 'nopeing' out
#they try to leave--and try to Not Look to abandon the spectacle as spectacle based critique says is the main concept of the movie
#and thats not possible. it doesnt work. they go back and going back necessitates looking and engaging w spectacle
#like literally the answer is not as simple as 'to spectacalize is Wrong' bc the victorious endstate of the movie
#is for these characters to reclaim the history of spectacle theyre denied by disenfranchisement. she takes the frame by frame pictures
#their names are attached to it forever and cant be forgotten as the jockey is. how can you square that?? honestly
#idk. just watching this yt video where some white woman is talking about how nope is about and only about the entertainment industry
#its just not the whole picture
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