People here are missing the point. The problem isnt that the movie has a primarily black cast. That is obviously to be expected and there's nothing wrong with that. So stop arguing that point, no one has an issue with a movie set in Africa having a black cast, just like no one here complained about Moonlight or Straight out of Compton being mostly black.
The problem is that it being a cultural/social statement for POC is promoted as a BENEFIT/FEATURE of the movie that is to be celebrated. The fact that it IS mostly black played a significant role in this becoming the (ATM) 4th highest grossing movie of all time in the US.
You can read numerous articles online about the cultural impact of this movie and how its being celebrated for its diversity (which it isn't, representing one group isnt diverse but I digress) purely because it made an effort to have a largely black cast and crew.
MANY people have celebrated this movie not primarily for it's merit as a movie, but it's merit as a social and cultural influencer for POC. The problem with that? There are other groups of people that can do the exact same thing this movie did, which is deliberately make an attempt to hire all white crew, staff and actors and promote it from the angle of being a social/cultural statement and get killed by the press. Which would be the correct position. However that should be the correct position when any group does it.
The problem isn't that it's a primarily black movie (no problem), the problem is that fact is being celebrated in itself.
People that cant handle honest disagreement and debate without reaching for the "racist" card don't belong on a discussion forum.
Only Alara and AngryLittleAlchemist have made reasonable arguments about the actual points being discussed and didn't just resort to denial or changing the framing of the debate to people having a problem with majority black casts (which isnt the debate) I disagree with their argument, but their argument is at least legitimate and addresses the issue in an honest way.
Anyway I'm done with this thread, clearly people are now inflamed and no longer interested in having a discussion without name calling in this thread.
Last edited by contestgamer - on 04 April 2018
