UGH.

[batskeets]

Look at the plot synopsis for crazy/beautiful. It's like Save The Last Dance without Julia Stiles and that wretched ballet/hip-hop mush-together that wishes it was art. :p WHAT is with all these movies making a big hairy deal about interracial relationships?? Guess what, America? IT HAPPENS. :p I mean kee-rist, my ma grew up poor Chinese and my dad grew up all middle-class americana, and yet nobody seems to bat an eye at that. And *I* am a 1/2 asian girl dating a 1/2 hispanic guy, and do you think anyone's having a cow about it and making a movie about *us*? Of course not. Why? because it's NOT THAT BIG A DEAL.

I personally find it rather insulting that Hollywood thinks they can exploit race for the sake of a crappy movie plot. It's not as though black people, or hispanic people, or any other colour of person is that much different from the stereotypical white american. Take me, for instance. James and I come from different races *and* different economic backgrounds, but somehow, we both grew up to be big ol' nerds who love computers and anime! I've met a lot of people here at school who share my interests, but we all have very different backgrounds in some very important ways. It shouldn't be such a big freakin' surprise to people!!

So, in short: race does not determine who you are. The only way anyone's going to stop thinking that things like interracial relationships are strange is if the mass media at large stops making such a gigantic fuss over it. So PISS OFF, Hollywood. :p

And I'm spent!

Comments

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I think films of this subject matter made back in the 50s or 60s when ethnic groups (whether racial or religious) were more segregated were okay because it WAS a big deal then. You could get killed for being an interracial couple in segregated states, it was not the norm to date/marry gentiles if you were Jewish, etc. When I was in elementary school, I had a friend whose dad was from Hong Kong and whose mom was from DAR stock in Atlanta -- her mom was disowned for not marrying a fellow WASP.

But nowadays, it's just a joke. I think bi-/multi- racial people (and I apologise for having to lump everyone into a stupid category anyway) are a much higher percentage of the population. It's NOT a big deal. Then again, alot of the people who run Hollywood have no connection to the real world anyway. LOL

[yunicorner.livejournal.com]

right on, sista!