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How woke is it?

posted 2 years ago by Drooch (5333)
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Get Out was racist garbage wrapped in a competently made horror film (albeit a Stepford Wives rip-off). Imagine if the races were reversed and we saw a white character brought into a black neighbourhood by his black girlfriend, where he was captured and violently assaulted as part of a hideously evil black supremacy plot.

The screams of ‘racism’ and subsequent riots would make Floyd-gate look like a children's birthday party.

And yet, we’re supposed to accept this racist propaganda from Jordan Peele the way Jews were expected to accept their second class citizenship in Nazi Germany before things really ramped up. We’re expected to watch it, pay for the privilege, and if you complain the little wokey brownshirts come out and try to bully/gaslight/cancel you into compliance (that bit’s always funny cos they’re inevitably fucking stupid little cunts - we might see some in this thread if we’re lucky…)

I refused to watch Us after hearing reports that it was also woke racist crap, as well as being meh all round. So… should I pass on Nope as well, or has Peele dropped the agenda for once? I really hope so, because there’s a talented filmmaker hiding inside that big fat obnoxious woke blob 🙏🏻

[–] greentimemusic (1069) 2 years ago

Your face is woke.

[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

Sounds like you’re a wokist butthurt by my post, let’s see…

[–] vilafire (655) 2 years ago

Hi, I’m a producer for an upcoming reality show for BET called Sickest Burns. We’d love to have you on to tell your story about how you came up with this classic riposte.

[–] ChipDouglas (1607) 2 years ago

Wow you are so funny trying to be all clever and witty while putting people in their place on moviechat.

[–] asom (6824) 2 years ago

0 wokenes or if it was it was too subtle for me :D

Kinda had a moment when I was like ... "shit, it's going there" when she started with the first motion picture being a black jockey but I was wrong, it wasn't about being black per se but about her grandfather.

[–] vilafire (655) 2 years ago

Yeah, it’s just trivia. It’s not like the jockey created the camera or did anything very special, just historic. Right place, right time. Interesting regardless, I guess. And “first” from an American perspective.

[–] CarterBlunt (1382) 2 years ago

I thought Get Out was underwhelming. The hypnosis thing was an interesting idea, but I couldn't really buy it. Daniel's performance was good. That's about the only thing that stood out to me. The wokeness aspect was too outlandish to really relate to anything, and the villain of the story basically amounts to "scary white people", which didn't come across as serious to me.

Us, once it tried to explain the why and how of events, I got completely poisoned against it. What a lame reveal and twist. I do remember some creepy moments, and the actress was hot, but the story was ass. If only they gave a supernatural type of explanation, I would accept it, I would enjoy it. Not this way. The wokeness, I guess, would be about classism. I wouldn't really call it woke to say the "lower" class got shittier options than the complacent "upper" class. I would just call that aware.

As for wokeness in Nope... I'm pretty sure zero. Unless, maybe, if you have a problem with a woman sliding a motorcycle. That was slightly woke, maybe. Everything else is subtle stereotypes that came across pretty damned believable. It felt like some Tarantino shit at times, and had tons of cultural relevance. But also one of those movies that expects you to think, and will keep you thinking and theorizing long after.

[–] RoloTony (1284) 2 years ago

You'll get some of the obligatory black-history lessons, but that's about it. It's not too bad.

[–] Elvisp23 (389) 2 years ago

Trying to get attention on a movie board is pretty sad

[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

Right, so can you answer the question instead of just trying to get attention?

[–] Elvisp23 (389) 2 years ago

Sorry I don’t talk to attention seeking losers

[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

Great. When you’re done whoring for attention are you going to actually discuss the movie?

[–] President4Life (282) 2 years ago

There's Black, Asian, and Latino people in it, so you probably wouldn't like it.

[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

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[–] President4Life (282) 2 years ago

Hey, I'm Black, so I like movies with Black folks in it.

Somebody who uses terms like "woke" probably wouldn't though, or have many Black, Latino, or Asian friends.

[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

Hey, I'm Black, so I like movies with Black folks in it.

Why?

Somebody who uses terms like "woke" probably wouldn't though, or have many Black, Latino, or Asian friends.

Oh because they have racial preferences - like you?

Actually, people object to wokeness because it is racist and sexist, so they’re actually more likely to have racially diverse friends.

[–] vilafire (655) 2 years ago

Not all people who use the word “woke” are like that, though. It’s prejudiced to think so because you’re pre-judging people. What word would you use to describe this phenomenon? If you don’t understand the question, no worries.

[–] President4Life (282) 2 years ago

Um, "politically-correct", HELLO!

That's what we called PC before White conservatives stole the word "woke" from Black people completely butchering the meaning because it meant something TOTALLY different before they started using it

[–] what11 (359) 2 years ago

A couple of minor white characters, who have no influence to plot. Other than that, mostly blacks and korean dude from Boring Dead.

[–] vilafire (655) 2 years ago

I didn’t think it was woke at all. The sister is an aggressive lesbian in one scene, inappropriately hitting on a stranger in a store but it’s played for laugh. I’d it was a male character it would be played for cringe or aggression.

Other than that, no.

Well, there is one scene that could be construed as “racist.” The dour brother with perpetual stank face is giving a terrible presentation to a mostly white crowd and it’s not well received. But then his sister comes in like the ShamWow guy and it’s well-received.

There’s also a white character that isn’t evil or stupid, so there’s that.