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I saw the trailer as well and almost saw it in the theater, it looked so good. The stellar cast is a recommendation in and of itself.
In another thread, I made some comments after watching it this morning. (I never watch movies on Sunday morning!!). The comments on the YouTube official trailer indicated people thought it was hilarious. me? not so much.
I think it would be best described as a drama, although it definitely had some laugh out loud funny parts.
I came away feeling sad by the whole premise of the screenplay. Black author can't seem to write a book that gets traction and is persuaded to wade in the dumbed down literary world where a stereotypical ghetto-type existence is lauded as literary genius. I felt sorry for the writer (Jeffrey Wright, such a great actor, as is the entire cast) because if this is the way it really is, well, who could deal with that?
I also thought it was a dig against 'white' literary agents (not that I know any) and their vacuous and stunted vision of what constitutes black culture and what the public will consume.
It reminded me of an episode of This is Us. Human frailties, family issues, real things that happen to people and not only because Sterling K. Brown was in it (amazing and funny character). Those parts were well done. It made me feel bad for us as a society.
In another thread, I made some comments after watching it this morning. (I never watch movies on Sunday morning!!). The comments on the YouTube official trailer indicated people thought it was hilarious. me? not so much.
I think it would be best described as a drama, although it definitely had some laugh out loud funny parts.
I came away feeling sad by the whole premise of the screenplay. Black author can't seem to write a book that gets traction and is persuaded to wade in the dumbed down literary world where a stereotypical ghetto-type existence is lauded as literary genius. I felt sorry for the writer (Jeffrey Wright, such a great actor, as is the entire cast) because if this is the way it really is, well, who could deal with that?
I also thought it was a dig against 'white' literary agents (not that I know any) and their vacuous and stunted vision of what constitutes black culture and what the public will consume.
It reminded me of an episode of This is Us. Human frailties, family issues, real things that happen to people and not only because Sterling K. Brown was in it (amazing and funny character). Those parts were well done. It made me feel bad for us as a society.
It sounds like it is a critique of U.S. culture, which never makes anyone feel good. Sounds like it would be a better film if it were funnier or more of a satire.
Thank you for making me feel better about waiting for it to stream
In another thread, I made some comments after watching it this morning. (I never watch movies on Sunday morning!!). The comments on the YouTube official trailer indicated people thought it was hilarious. me? not so much.
I think it would be best described as a drama, although it definitely had some laugh out loud funny parts.
I came away feeling sad by the whole premise of the screenplay. Black author can't seem to write a book that gets traction and is persuaded to wade in the dumbed down literary world where a stereotypical ghetto-type existence is lauded as literary genius. I felt sorry for the writer (Jeffrey Wright, such a great actor, as is the entire cast) because if this is the way it really is, well, who could deal with that?
I also thought it was a dig against 'white' literary agents (not that I know any) and their vacuous and stunted vision of what constitutes black culture and what the public will consume.
It reminded me of an episode of This is Us. Human frailties, family issues, real things that happen to people and not only because Sterling K. Brown was in it (amazing and funny character). Those parts were well done. It made me feel bad for us as a society.
It was a mistake for people and media to describe it as a funny movie. It is not. It has funny bits, sad bits, bit of mild pathos and bit of ordinary life all rolled into one.
I don't think he failed initially because he was a black writer. He failed because he wrote books no one was interested in reading. The same thing would have occurred to a white writer too. When he wrote about stereotypes he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. And whether it is fair or not, a black writer is unlikely to become popular and sustain himself if he does not appeal to a non-black audience. There are not enough black readers to make books by black readers successful. The same applies to Chinese or Indian or any minority writer.
There are not enough black readers to make books by black readers successful.
I don't think that this is true. You meant black "writers" , right ?
Yes, you are right. Comes from not proof reading. Black writers cannot write just for black readers and expect to be very successful. Also, some subjects do not appeal to the lay person, whether it is written by a black or white person and there is no point blaming race for the failures. On the other hand, a book like " A Gentleman in Moscow" will be successful irrespective of the race of the author.
I loved the disdain the black female author felt for the book written by Jeffrey even though they both dealt with poor black subjects in the ghetto. She was so ignorant of her own prejudices towards other black writers.
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