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Associate Professor of Film at Columbia University.
Feb 14, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
Y'all, the issue isn't about whether people are justified in not liking sex scenes in movies. It's about them experiencing their discomfort as a violation being committed BY the film that then necessitates some kind of censoring action. That's the concerning part. Folks are throwing around words like “consent” to describe the experience of watching a movie. Why are we using language associated with sexual assault to describe feeling uncomfortable about a constructed image?
Jun 28, 2020 13 tweets 2 min read
So, Hulu is pulling that Golden Girls ep "Mixed Blessings" because of the scene with the accidental blackface? Sigh. Ok, here's the thing: Companies are just cherry picking the most basic level optics of racism to jump on, and we're not considering how tv, shows, or eps function.