Yes, Hollywood is changing. And patterns of behaviors have been recongized and taken into consideration. With video games, downloads, netflix and redbox - How can Hollywood stay afloat? More importantly, how can people of color get their stories made and how can Hollywood reflect its American audience who is red, white, brown and yellow?
I started this blog in hopes to enlighten and debate with creative people in this country and abroad about film and its evolution.
The first thing I want to talk about is the concept of: "stop paying for that shit!"
Let's go to music - Chris Brown and Rihanna - Fans are outrage that the two have reunited - Its their lives, its their business. But if you want to take a real stand: TURN IT OFF - "Stop paying for that shit!" Eventually, they'll go away and replace your like of music with someone else. Its your stand and people can go away.
MOVIES - With movies becoming filled with stereotypes:
1. The black character dies first
2. Latino femme fetale
3. Latino and Blacks as gangmembers and bad guys
4. Asians as smart and uncomfortable
5. The minority side-kick
The list goes on and I can get specific if you want but we've seen this consistently in the last 100 years of cinema.
Its time to STOP PAYING FOR THAT SHIT
Its time to tell our families, neighbors and friends that opening weekend on a film of color is a essential now more than ever in the history of cinema. The fact that filmmakers like Katherine Bigalow (Hurt Locker) and Spike Lee (Malcolm X), two excellent award wining filmmakers find it difficult to produce and shoot their projects, due to lack of studio support, is alarming.
You want to see more people of color in front and behind the screen? PAY FOR THAT SHIT!!! Opening weekend please support all films by Women, Asians, Black and Latino filmmakers. We live in a diverse country, our movies should reflect that beautiful fact!
And for the filmmakers who show no balance! Full of stereotypes and think less of us through the characters they write, produce and create: TURN THAT SHIT OFF!
Then you will see some REAL change.
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