Never in my life have I watched a more uneven movie. Incredible opening scene, followed by 40 minutes of horrid dialogue, awful acting and pure nothingness. Weird shootouts, in which blood is powder and nobody feels pain is then followed by scenes of agony. The worst is the little plot twist, which cones out of left field, yet is integral in that it sets up the three best scenes in the film. As a buddy film it works, but the action is silly. I'm actually mesmerized by the mess that this is and wish I could teach a course, just on this movie alone.
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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