Summary
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. Racists create racist films.
Elaine @thewebrecluse
December 21 2022 12:20pm
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 “𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳” 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 (𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩) 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 …
I’ve said for decades that most people don’t watch media with any kind of true comprehension or even desire to understand the artist who created it and that is actually incredibly important. In my Media Therapy class there is always an extensive discussion of the artist … who they are, their background, their motivations, and the message they are presenting through the medium they choose to create in. It’s especially valid and important if the themes are social, political, or religious.
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 “𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳” 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 …
Add to this that many people think they know better than the artist themselves and take their own bias and transference and use it as a gauge to determine the meaning instead of actually understanding the ideas that the artist is actually trying to impart through the presentation of the art itself.
Then again … White people are notoriously blind to their own levels of racism, ethnocentrism, imperialism, and privilege so it stands to reason that a film made by such a person – primarily for an audience that has already been indoctrinated in the ideas of Indigenous people as lesser or the “nobility” of White Saviorism – would be considered one of the best films of all time and the glaring problems completely invisible except to those outside of the indoctrination.
Like what Jon Stewart said about the antisemitic themes of Harry Potter.
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.
Hateful people give themselves away so blatantly through the things they create because those deeply embedded beliefs from their warped minds leak into everything including the very words they choose. It’s inevitable that the truth of someone’s character will be revealed through art because art is created from a powerful fusion of will and self-expression.
Art isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.
All art is personal because of the transference people have with it. It is why people defend films, music, books etc with such violence and intensity online. There are very personal and every emotional experiences that people have with art. That is another reason why it’s so hard for people to see the truth of some of those pieces of artwork …
Viewing media is subjective but CREATING media is objective.
Racists create racist films. They win awards and make money because most people who watch and enjoy them are indoctrinated racists or simply ignorant.
