#diversity in film

[magnetothemagnificent]

Do you know why it's so important to me and so many others that Jews are cast to play Jewish characters?

Because despite all that we've contributed to the film industry, we are excluded from it.

Jewish actors are hardly ever cast to play attractive, desirable characters. In the rare instance that Jews are cast to play Jews, it's to play villains or nebbish side characters.

Jews are never cast as the heroes. The love interests. The sympathetic characters.

Our features aren't considered beautiful. Or attractive. Or aesthetically pleasing.

Even in plots with Jewish main characters, hardly any time are actual Jews cast to play them. Because film studios can't fathom an audience sympathizing with or liking a character that's actually Jewish.

Can't sympathize with a character with stereotypically Jewish features. Or mannerisms. Or accents. Or backgrounds.

This is why it's important for Jews to play Jews.

Because we're rarely given an opportunity. Because Jewish audiences deserve to see ourselves. To see our people uplifted.

#jumblr #antisemitism #media antisemitism #inclusivity #diversity in film #let jews play jews

[black-is-beautiful18]

people need to understand the whole percy jackson situation is not forced diversity. if you impress the casting directors and producers during auditions, then you got the part.

and we want more black people to get normal roles in hollywood instead of playing slaves anway

another personal question for you is do you feel like people are now using representation as forced diversity?

And as I’ve said before: We can do both! Original characters and characters that already exist can be ours.

As for your question: How do you mean? Do you mean are ppl now calling what is simply representation “forced diversity” or…

#representation #diversity #diversity in film #unique answers

[somethingnubian]

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#Black Excellence #Chakras #Cinematic Vibes #Cultural Resonance #Diversity in Film #Emotional Resilience #Empowered Women #Empowerment #Family Roots #Healing Stories #Inner Vision #Melanated #Melanin Magic #Movie Recommendations #positive energy #Representation Matters #Self-Discovery #Soulful Cinema #Spiritual Awakening #TV Shows for Melanated Souls

[mobius-m-mobius]

LUKE and OWEN WILSON in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) dir. WES ANDERSON

#owen wilson #luke wilson #eli cash #richie tenenbaum #the royal tenenbaums #CINEMA 🙏 #love them acting together #starting a marathon to decide my fav owen movie and literally changed my rankings after the very first one lmao #i mean this is probably one of the most perfect films i've ever seen?? #his writing is pitch perfect his filmography so diverse and varied across genres there's really no one doing it like him 💖 #movieedit #owenwilsonedit #dianagifs

[arionawrites]

okay but in practical magic when sally and the aunt’s call women from all across town to help. the way they all come rushing, even the one sally never would have expected—they bring their brooms as asked, one brings her vacuum because it’s all she’s got.

“apparently her sister just got out of a bad relationship and the guy just will not leave her alone.”

the way they’re bright and laughing in the kitchen, sharing moments where they could have sworn they guessed the answer, where they knew something they shouldn’t have, FELT something they shouldn’t have, isn’t that odd? but the MOMENT they step foot into the room where gillian is and they see her they become quiet and they focus and they do what the owens family asks because they’re here to save this poor women they’re here to do what they can

“there’s a little bit of witch in all of us”

#the way they all grab hands and come together while sally and gilly’s love as sisters saves her!!!! #‘come on ladies! let’s clean house!’ AND THEY SWEEP JIMMY UP #idk if there’s shit wrong w this movie or the books behind it #it’s definitely not a diverse cast which is shitty but it was made in ‘98 so unfortunately not shocking either #but i grew up with this movie and i love films showing the bond between women and the way they’ll step up for each other #and also witches. do i need to say more. #practical magic #ariwatches

[wolfstargazer]

I appreciate and understand the love for Dead Poets Society in the Marauder-era fandom. The aesthetic is immaculate.

As a Brit and an older fan I would like to make a public service announcement that you're all sleeping on The History Boys. And would encourage everyone to go watch it.

#mauraders #wolfstar #the marauders #dead gay wizards #history boys #the history boys #marauder era #marauder coded #this film is a more accurate representation of the British school experience #plus it's a queer classic #the dialogue is *chefs kiss* #the performances are amazing #the references to art and film and music and literature are 10/10 #public service announcement #alan bennett is incredible #give it a go #examines class and education in Britain #the film soundtrack is also amazing #is also more diverse than dead poets society

[hollywoodoutbreak]

As a young woman who is both deaf and an amputee, Alaqua Cox would seem to be an unlikely choice to star in a Marvel Cinematic Universe series. But she made a huge impression playing the role of Maya Lopez -- a.k.a. Echo -- on Hawkeye, and she was given a spinoff series, Echo. And her co-star on the show, Vincent D'Onofrio, said she's one of the most incredible actors he's ever worked with.

Echo is currently streaming on Disney+.

#Alaqua Cox #Maya Lopez #Echo #MCU #Marvel #Disability Representation #Deaf Representation #Amputee Representation #Diversity in Media #Inclusion in Action #Women in Film #Breaking Barriers #Vincent D'Onofrio #Hawkeye #Spinoff Series #Incredible Actors

[victoriadallonfan]

Listening to a review of Wish that goes into why it faltered at the box office and how it could have been better if certain character tropes had tied to the theme of the story instead of just been there for the sake of being a trope

“Alright, fair enough. Makes sense.”

Reviewer then begins to talk about how Disney is pushing diversity over quality

“Fuck oooooooff!!!”

#nothing worse than trying to find a good review #and then get smacked with ‘here is why diversity is bad’ twist #fuck off #I’m genuinely curious if older Disney film like mulan got these kind of reviews #Wish #disney #disneys wish

[the-golden-mango-of-discord]

THEATER COMPANIES. put black n brown people back in jesus christ superstar right fucking now

#like girl help why is the 70s film more diverse than most modern productions #let men of color play pathetic wet paper bag guys. its good for them #jesus christ superstar #jcs #2012 arena tour bane of my fucking existence what do MEAN u have a white judas AND a white mary with ur white jesus wheres the FLAVOR #and while we're at it *grabby hands* let us in the production teams as well. we'd know what to fuckin do with it

[elvisqueso]

I am on some bullshit right now, bruh

#just re-watched pocahontas for the first time in many many years and dawg #the character animation in that film is so gorgeous #like they went so hard on ACTING through the animation #im getting obsessed again like i was when i was little #like u gotta understand: the disney pocahontas character (a truly fictional character inspired by real events let's get that straight) #i was like in love with her. i wanted to be her like oh my god #and the way they animated john smith was such a departure from their other disney LI's up til then (as *i* recall) #so detailed!! the expressions!!! the fucking YEARNING!!!!!! #best love story out of all the disney flicks imho. as a Story it's so powerful #I'm gonna think about the symbolism of them having to part #after grandmother willow had told them 'only when the fighting stops can you be together' #implying that the fighting isn't over and probably never will be #fuxking painfuslfjk #i know i know: c'est ~~problématique~~ #but look. I'm from a racially diverse family okay? #my dad's side especially. nobody over there stuck to their own race/ethnic group #my parents are a mixed couple. i know how hard it is to make that work. #most interracial couples I'd seen on tv until that point were very...chaste? #mostly played for laughs (oh haha the cultural dissonance is so cute and funny!) or worse: to play up racial sterotypes #but to see one depicted as a straight-forward romance- as two people deeply in love and not played for a gag? AND as the core of the story? #mannnn that means a lot to me even all these years later #so yeah im deep in the 'hunting down feel-good fix-it fics' phase wish me luck

[hauntaku2]

tbh I think that more people should try reviewing shows, movies, etc. and give them a diversity score.

#thoughts #movies #film #cinema #video games #cartoons #anime #diversity #media

[alwaysbewoke]

the idiocy is killing kieran lmaooo

#white people being white people #white french people being usual racist selves #kieran culkin #julie delpy #sundance film festival #wiener-dog #cringe #uncomfortable #african american #oscars #academy #diversity #inclusion #racial insensitivity #cultural awareness #social media backlash #entertainment industry #racial remarks #sensitivity training

[butchdonne]

btw i finally have a coherent and interesting reading of saltburn!! finally the brainworms can stop fucking nibbling me............

#there are like 4 interpretations of it on tumblr and i agree with none of them lmao #anyways i'll post it tomorrow. probably #the main point is that the film is about loneliness & desire and how the two play off each other #and how the setting of saltburn basically acts as a massive amplifier for all of oliver's outsider-ness #and as an aqueduct or diversion for his obsession with felix #pip squeaks #saltburn

[recovering-vamp]

#horror art #horror #vampire art #vampire character #cryptidart #all we have done in my house these past few weeks is watch horror films tv and play horror games #I am thinking of making a horror tumblr to separate it from my sunshiney shit #but for now. here #CW blood #cw horror #cw scopophobia #diversity win the vampire about to pounce on you is nonbinary

[island-in-the-shadows]

Hi! Fellow Saltburn enthusiast here! I have a question, and I’ve actually already sent it to a couple of accounts who also write extensively about Saltburn. I’d love to hear your views!

Why do you think Oliver didn’t try to kidnap/imprison/blackmail Felix into being with him instead of just jumping to murder? He was clearly capable of manipulation and probably could have found a way to keep an unwilling Felix around if he managed to get away with so many murders? I feel like even in the haze of desperation and panic it sort of should’ve struck him that killing Felix meant a lifetime of misery? It wasn’t exactly a spur of the moment kill, there was some amount of premeditation involved. I was honestly confused at how quickly Oliver made a decision that basically ensured he’d never feel a sliver of happiness ever again. How did he even manage to sleep after, knowing what he had done to Felix? The whole sequence where they look for Felix and eventually find the body is so gut wrenching to me. The music, the foreboding, the cinematography ughhhh.

Thanks for the ask anon! Ok so, I'm going to break this down in sections because there's a few different points to tackle!

Oliver does have the capability of doing horrible things, but I also do not think he's a great planner. He can only think ahead so much. And while I think that he could, arguably, find a way to kidnap Felix or find a way to blackmail him, this is contrary to what I think his goal is. I quote Cheap Trick (though I prefer the Letters to Cleo version): "I want you to want me/I need you to need me/ I'd love you to love me/ I'm beggin' you to beg me." Oliver isn't like the one guy from 365, he wants Felix to cede of his own accord and his own will. Yes, there is a level of emotional manipulation re: the lies about his family. However, I do think that when Oliver says: "I'm still the same person!" he is right. Outside of the way in which he hooked Felix, he would have no reason to be different. Stands to reason, in my opinion, that he is who he is with Felix bar exaggerations and implications of his past.

Let's talk about murder...Oliver only murdered Elspeth. He facilitated the deaths of Felix and Venetia. Murder not only requires intent, it requires certainty beyond a reasonable doubt of direct action. I was raised by lawyers so I view things through that lens. At most, if we were going by American law, which is the one I know, he would arguably fall under the category of voluntary manslaughter. Why? Because he did not directly do an act which led to Felix and Venetia's deaths. Rather, he put the dominos in place and that can be classed as a provocation; he provoked them in a way that led to their deaths. (Note: I am not delulu, I am aware that all of this is wrong. I'm just trying to put it forth from a legal POV.)

When it comes to Felix, he hastily put cocaine in the champagne and I do not think he thought it through way in advance. Secondly, he had the bottle in his hand for large parts of the maze conversation and deciding to give it to Felix was a spur of the moment action. Third, he had no way of knowing whether Felix would drink or not. Fourthly, Felix had ALREADY been doing drugs and you cannot specifically pinpoint, beyond a reasonable doubt, that it was the little bit of cocaine he drank (which, from research, would actually have been less potent and less quick to get into Felix's bloodstream than the lines he snorted) that caused him to OD. Fifthly, I am not entirely convinced that Oliver knew it was going to foolproof kill Felix. The way he wakes up the morning after still has the stink of hope. So, I can't be certain either way if his intent was to kill or to simply cause Felix to OD to the point he was taken to a hospital and then Ollie could Nurse Nightingale the situation.

When it comes to Venetia, Oliver did not tell her to use the razors. He placed the razors on the tub. He did so relatively impulsively (likely, imo in a bit of rage) and at the last minute. He had absolutely no way of knowing whether Venetia would take the razors and he had no way of knowing that she would use them in a deadly way rather than in a way to hurt herself but not kill. Further, from the bit that we get of the crime scene in the bathroom (I did pause it so I kinda memorised), there is no indication in the scene that Oliver was actually the one to use the razors. The scene would look entirely different and his clothes would be soiled or he would have blood on him, etc.

That being said, Oliver's desperation and panic and anxiety regarding the situation with Felix likely led him to the following thought: he would rather exist in a world where Felix ceases to exist, than exist in a world where he is inexorably removed from Felix. Felix was and continues to be Oliver's whole world. He likely thought that he was going to lose Felix either way. But, in Felix dying, he and Felix stay inherently connected. He can leave Saltburn but now he and Felix are forever linked. Elspeth, for example, automatically associates Oliver with Felix. It's why Oliver knew he had an in with her all those years later. Further, and I think I wrote this elsewhere, Felix's headstone will ALWAYS have Felix's date of birth, and the date of Oliver's 20th birthday. They are linked in this way as well.

I think it was all very rushed and confused when he did any of it. I think there might've been a chance for him and Felix even in the sense of friendship. But Oliver reacted emotionally and impulsively. He didn't plan putting the cocaine in the bottle probably until a couple of minutes before he did it. He didn't plan the thing with Venetia. He didn't plan getting Saltburn from the start. The only thing he planned and orchestrated was a Romcom style meet-cute. That was it. The rest he made up as he went along from noticing all the little details about Felix. But ultimately, above all, this weird little man wanted to be wanted and wanted to be loved by the object of his affection. Forcing the matter with kidnapping and/or blackmail was not going to get him what he truly wanted anymore than Felix's death did.

How does he manage to sleep? Self-medication, certainly. Pretty sure he yo-yo's uppers and downers like crazy. Coke to dance like the lonely mad king he is in the afternoon, Xanny or weed at night to come down and sleep. What's more, Saltburn is an extension of Felix and it, likely, comforts him to be in a place that represents Felix. A place that is haunted by the ghosts of memories he shared with Felix to which we are not privy.

Also, yes. Finding Felix's corpse, the whole scene, is stunning and staggering and heartbreaking. Absolutely stunning film craft involved all the way around.

Sorry for the loooong response, but I am a lawyer's daughter and an English Literature major, so I had to write my mini essay with some level of (certainly biased) evidentiary support.

#mari answers #saltburn #Oliver quick #felix catton #venetia catton #Elspeth catton #I have definitely given this a lot of thought ngl #I could probably write essays on essays on essays about this film and all the diverse different topics that spring from the well of it #but also I am exploring some of the themes in my fic so

[artistsonthelam]

Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire is out on Netflix! My immediate thoughts // (my tweets)

#rebel moon #zack snyder #sofia boutella #michiel huisman #ed skrein #ray fisher #charlie hunnam #staz nair #cleopatra coleman #bae doona #djimon hounsou #netflix #film #movies #twitter #social media #diversity #women of color #representation matters #bipoc