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Michael Berkowitz's avatar

"...critics are questioning the legitimacy of filmmakers telling stories as community outsiders. "

I think the first (and possibly the last) question we have to ask ourselves is: "Why should we care?" Unless one is obsessed with lambasting strangers over their "oppressor" identities -- that is, if one is a relatively sane, normal person -- one's interest in a movie is confined to how good it is, not whether the people who made it had a right to. Stop paying attention to people like Lulu Wang and they'll go away.

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Nadia Gill's avatar

Unfortunately Michael they are not going away. I, and many other artists, are up against and increasingly restrictive industry which aims to impose such standards.

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Rob Shouting Into The Void's avatar

I suppose that's why the Oscar numbers are collapsing

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Rob Shouting Into The Void's avatar

Two thoughts. Firstly the vast majority of tv/movies Shown are produced by Hollywood (with the odd BBC show thrown his means that foreign language films were for the sophisticated types (meaning nobody watched them) now thanks to Netflix a whole new world have been non Hollywood films/shows has opened up.

Second regarding when critics are questioning the legitimacy of filmmakers telling stories as community outsiders. Well taking that to it's logical conclusion would mean that Hollywood would only produce films/shows featuring white people and white storylines.

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Mark Calahan's avatar

On the opposite side of the coin, how can you fully appreciate the story if you haven’t lived the experience? No storytellers and no audiences ...

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Nadia Gill's avatar

Thanks Roland. I think more people agree just don’t use their voice loud enough. I wish we spent more time thinking about our common humanity.

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