Brilliantly cast with Hopkins and especially Mirren absolutely amazing. Johansson, Biel & Darcy do their predecessors proud with subtle, yet meaningful roles (each plays in an integral poignant scene), with Darcy's portrayal of Anthony Perkins meeting Hitchcock easily the best scene in the film. Michael Wincott is stunningly eerie and amazing as Ed Gein. Yeah, that Ed Gein. The biggest problem with the film and forgive me Sir Anthony and Dame Helen, but it always feels like a TV movie. ***out of 5
This was a post I wrote on Facebook after surprisingly not seeing any moaning about the Documentary by Jose Antonio Vargas, titled White People Dayyum! I just scrolled my timeline and not a single white person got their feelings hurt by White People. I unfortunately haven't seen it, but the number of fake accounts that popped up on twitter, tells me it was a damn good show. Here's the thing. If someone of color aka non-white says "White Privilege," are you offended? If you said yes, then you are exhibiting white privilege. It has nothing to do with how hard you work or study, how you stayed out of trouble, because here's the thing, that is entirely the point. Somewhere out there, there are 100 Black, Spanish, Native American, Arab, Asian, who worked and studied as hard as you and never got in trouble, but they don't have what you "earned" or achieved. Stop looking at the one person you know who isn't white that achieved as your benchmark. Loo...
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