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athousanderrorsvia http://ift.tt/2aT2ufn:
bemusedlybespectacled:
pressconferencegazebo:
stormingtheivory:
I think basically everyone agrees that the Ghostbusters trailers fucking blew but there’s “doing a shit job of selling your film” and then there’s “making it look like you’ve cast the black actress as someone ‘street smart’ when really she’s just a huge fucking history nerd"
That’s the point where it tips over into being damaging for more than just your box office.
You mean the black actress is NOT cast as ‘street smart’ but is actually at the same level of intellectual nerdery as the white characters? Maybe I should watch this movie after all.
When she says “You may know science, but I know this city,” she’s not saying it like “I grew up on the streets” or whatever. It’s immediately after this line, “I read a lot of nonfiction.” Her entire thing is that the scientists all know science, but she knows THE HISTORY of the city. At one point she’s griping about joining the Ghostbusters… because she expected it to be more like a book club.
This. The trailer made me incredibly disappointed in the film…but I fucking loved it. And Patty is arguably the most well-adjusted, widely-read, capable member of the team. She KNOWS the city. The history of it all. And I really hope they take advantage of that in the sequel.
bemusedlybespectacled:
pressconferencegazebo:
stormingtheivory:
I think basically everyone agrees that the Ghostbusters trailers fucking blew but there’s “doing a shit job of selling your film” and then there’s “making it look like you’ve cast the black actress as someone ‘street smart’ when really she’s just a huge fucking history nerd"
That’s the point where it tips over into being damaging for more than just your box office.
You mean the black actress is NOT cast as ‘street smart’ but is actually at the same level of intellectual nerdery as the white characters? Maybe I should watch this movie after all.
When she says “You may know science, but I know this city,” she’s not saying it like “I grew up on the streets” or whatever. It’s immediately after this line, “I read a lot of nonfiction.” Her entire thing is that the scientists all know science, but she knows THE HISTORY of the city. At one point she’s griping about joining the Ghostbusters… because she expected it to be more like a book club.
This. The trailer made me incredibly disappointed in the film…but I fucking loved it. And Patty is arguably the most well-adjusted, widely-read, capable member of the team. She KNOWS the city. The history of it all. And I really hope they take advantage of that in the sequel.
