“First off, I take issue with what is essentially has been a fear and race-based marketing campaign by Lucas to persuade moviegoers, particularly Black moviegoers, to see this film. We are told that if it would be the end of Black filmmaking as we know it. Never mind, if the film is interesting or compelling or even entertaining. We have a racial duty to unite to see this film or else we make Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. weep?”
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Why Are We Expected To Line Up For Red Tails But Not Pariah?
I plan on seeing both Red Tails and Pariah eventually (next week, work notwithstanding), but I have noticed Red Tails (and George Lucas’) campaign style.
(via mauricecherry)
This. I have a small child, so the husband and I don’t often get to movies anyway, but the marketing-by-guilt campaign for this film has been annoying me for weeks now.
(via writeblack)
