Mad Max: Fury Road and the Glaring Whiteness of Post-Apocalyptic Films
Will people of color ever make it to the end of the world?
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What say you, Era? Was Fury Road too white?
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Diversity and Mad Max: Fury Road
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What say you, Era? Was Fury Road too white?
There wasn't enough diversity, no. But they did have elderly people, so that's a plus for the film.
Calling anything with a woman in the lead role feminist really just lowers the bar, but so does calling any movie diverse just because it has a couple people in it that aren't white.
Both of these things need some serious work but, sadly, as the article points out far too many people who oversee and cast these movies simply do not care beyond tokenisms and easy marketing ploys.
Both of these things need some serious work but, sadly, as the article points out far too many people who oversee and cast these movies simply do not care beyond tokenisms and easy marketing ploys.
Yeah I was wondering why Fury Road was being picked specifically and then I noticed this article is five years old.
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I don't even remember any aside from Zoë Kravitz and a ghost in Max's visions
Fury Road is 100% about the liberation of women. It's the main plot point.
You don't automatically have to protect or invest in a product or person because the other side hates it. I saw this a lot with shitty politicians who blasted Trump getting hate from the right and the left was quick to prop them up as having some moral standing. White people do it a lot. My theory is that it reminds them of their conservative parents.
The article that is being referenced for that quote is rather trite. Stuff like Theron being traditionally pretty means she's not a good example of a strong leading women and stuff like that.
It's quite noticeable and hilarious. It's a fun movie but the almost all white cast is a distraction for me. It makes rewatching it hard. Considering the movie was made in 2015 it should have had a more diverse cast.
This article is closing in on six years old and a poor basis for a thread when there's no further points of discussion from the OP. The topic on the film industry or a fresh analysis of the film itself is fine though- feel free to remake the thread with either a more up to date source or an angle on discussion in the Op.
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