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Hollywood Brainwashing: Political Correctness and Agendas
Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the most creative, entertaining and memorable films I have seen in the past few years, if not ever. The acting, writing and of course, the action and visuals were all amazing. The title character, Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), has few lines and in many ways isn’t even the…
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There Is No Racism Problem Here
I have always taken an interest in what people post on online comment sections, whether it is on newspaper articles or YouTube videos. A lot of people think that racist comments on these forums are all the work of “trolls”- people who deliberately make inflammatory comments for the sake of starting arguments. If we can…
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Hetero-normativity in Star Wars and The Walking Dead
Three months ago JJ Abrams announced that his new Star Wars trilogy would include gay characters.I actually found out about this development through a friend and was reminded of it later when an Instagram user I follow commented on it. He criticized Abrams’s choice, saying it was an unnecessary addition. This user even said they…
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Heteronormativity and The Last of Us
In my previous post, I reflected on how Hollywood has conditioned us to view certain things as normal, and others as unnatural. The normal things include whiteness, masculinity and heterosexuality. When I wrote the previous post I indicated that one article is not enough to discuss all the issues tied to Hollywood and minority representation….
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Jennifer Lawrence- The Taylor Swift Effect and X-Men Apocalypse
After this latest trailer the Suicide Squad has quickly moved to the #2 spot of my most anticipated comic book film of 2016. Deadpool is still #1 and it comes out in less than a month so Suicide Squad will occupy my #1 spot for most of the year. X-Men’s themes of discrimination and oppression…
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The Right Wing Buzzwords
Politically Correct, White Knight, Social Justice Warrior. We’ve probably all heard these terms, and many of us have probably used them, People are always quick to say it’s (insert year) anytime a conversation about discrimination comes up, As if the year itself changes the way people think, There is the idea that time always means…