November 24, 2020
Woke Outrage: Great Marketing for Terrible Movies
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There’s something problematic we need to address… the very nature of things being “problematic” and how manufactured controversy is used to market otherwise mediocre cinema.
Nowhere is this more perfectly expressed than the recent HBO Max movie, ‘The Witches.’ In the film, a dark fantasy comedy based on a Roald Dahl novel, Anne Hathaway plays a witch with claw-hands and a few missing fingers. A few angry tweeters were angered that Hathaway’s character bears some resemblance to people with split-hand syndrome (yes, really).
Here’s the kicker, that film would have gotten very little attention if it weren’t for the “controversial” Hathaway hands. It’s unbearably boring, the characters are terrible, and the effects are garbage. By being outraged at something minute like this, we’re giving media and filmmakers undeserved attention.
But this isn’t to say we shouldn’t be sensitive or seek to correct historically racist and grotesque depictions of minorities and underrepresented backgrounds, like Mickey Rooney’s Japanese landlord character in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s.’ It is only to say that we shouldn’t be upset at actors playing characters with different backgrounds in an artistic way, which is what acting is all about!
Marketers will only respond to what’s working, and if we continue to be perpetually aggrieved at the slightest things, we’ll be creating a system and incentive structure that might make the problem worse. Sometimes the best (and easiest) thing to do is to change the channel or not consume something we dislike. Instead of being outraged, we should simply choose not to take the bait.
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September 8, 2022
Thank you, and goodbye. Now it's your turn.
My dear Out of Frame supporters.
On this special, final edition of Out of Frame, I want to take some time to thank you, talk about the future, discuss the state of ideas, and highlight the Steven Spielberg’s 1997 movie “Amistad” — which turns out to be the perfect vehicle for some of the things I want to say as I close out the show.
Freedom is the birthright, and the desire of virtually everyone on the planet, and yet the enemies of liberty are everywhere — power-hungry politicians and bureaucrats, “strong men” authoritarians, technocrats, socialists, and cowardly citizens — so the battle to maintain a world built on individual liberty and the dignity of human beings will never be definitively won for all time.
Fighting for a free society requires a passionate, energetic minority to carry the torch and persuade others with open hearts and open minds. It’s a task I’ve dedicated my life towards, and I’m leaving FEE and this series so that I can work on even bigger projects and try to make an even greater impact than I hope I’ve had here.
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LINKS:
— White Savior-ism —
A Critical Analysis of White Savior Films and Why You Should Avoid Them
https://aninjusticemag.com/the-problems-with-hollywoods-white-savior-narratives-2ed0bd5e5cf6
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/09/16/amistad-spielberg-and-the-sword-of-empathy
— Intersectional Nonsense —
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/no-white-people-will-neve_b_7875608
https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/separate_but_equal_again_neo_segregation_at_yale
— Economic Turmoil —
https://www.nber.org/research/business-cycle-dating
After 2 Consecutive Quarters of Negative Economic Growth, Is America in a Recession?
https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product
— Amistad —
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/amistad_002.asp
Thank you, and goodbye. Now it’s your turn. 
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