and in other news, rain is wet.
(sorry, America is depressing me today.)
not to denigrate the series, but exactly how many times do we have to be shown the same thing? It's so frustrating.
OTOH, I'm grateful that there still are journalists and media outlets willing to tackle these issues. So kudos to STARZ, (which, unfortunately, I don't think I get.)
drummerboy said:
not to denigrate the series, but exactly how many times do we have to be shown the same thing? It's so frustrating.
Good, you’ve got your biases and blind spots all figured out. I don’t.
DaveSchmidt said:
drummerboy said:Good, you’ve got your biases and blind spots all figured out. I don’t.
not to denigrate the series, but exactly how many times do we have to be shown the same thing? It's so frustrating.
and you have once again gone straight over my head.
drummerboy said:
and you have once again gone straight over my head.
From what I’ve read about the series, my guess is that the director would say anyone who asks how many times we have to be shown the same thing (it’s so frustrating that other whites aren’t all just as woke) is pretty much his target audience.
DaveSchmidt said:
drummerboy said:From what I’ve read about the series, my guess is that the director would say anyone who wonders how many times we have to be shown the same thing is pretty much his target audience.
and you have once again gone straight over my head.
hmmm.
so what you're saying is that the documentary's intended audience is people like me, who already see racism lurking behind every corner? What do you think they want to tell me?
drummerboy said:
hmmm.
so what you're saying is that the documentary's intended audience is people like me, who already see racism lurking behind every corner? What do you think they want to tell me?
From the Paste article: “The takeaway, James and the others say, is not to shut down the well-meaning progressives like physics teacher Podolner. It’s to get them to listen and learn before they act.”
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A documentary series on Starz, at 10 p.m. on Sundays starting tomorrow.
Excerpts from the New York Times review: