Culture Warrior: ‘The Help’ Can’t Help Itself
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on August 23, 2011 | Comments (10)The Help has started a conversation that’s stretched far beyond the 137-minute confines of the film itself. And in its second week in a row atop the late-summer box office, the critical conversation surrounding the film has continued amidst (and, sometimes, against) the sleeper popularity it endures in a fashion similar to the success of the book it was based on. In interest of full disclosure, I have deliberately chosen by this point not to see The Help (perhaps a combination of my reservations against it combined with its daunting running time). However, in following the many editorials published in response to the film’s release, it oddly enough feels appropriate to comment on the conversation that the film has inspired without having seen it, as it’s a conversation that is hardly limited to the film itself. The Help seems to represent a breaking point, the last piece of white liberal guilt that broke the clear-cut racial fantasies of Hollywood cinema’s back, so to speak. The film is bearing the brunt of a decades-long history of similarly minded feel-good studio fare about race relations. While The Help certainly has its full-throated detractors, one interesting component about the overall critical reaction to the film is that it is politically simplistic while also presenting good or perfectly competent filmmaking, carried by a couple of strong female performances at its center (which, when considering what’s lacking in terms of identity and representation in Hollywood, is itself no small miracle).
Election Day ’08: Casting the Election, in Reverse
Features By Adam Sweeney on November 4, 2008 | Comments (4)We know that the Election Night coverage can be a bit monotonous, but while you’re waiting for the results to trickle down, you might as well watch a couple movies.
Political Cinema: ‘They Live’ Predicts Obama Presidency
Features By Mister Hand on November 2, 2008 | Comments (26)You could forget about the math and the swing states, because the outcome of this election was predicted in 1988 by John Carpenter’s film They Live.
Officially Cool: Vote McClane in 2008
Officially Cool By Brian C. Gibson on September 25, 2008 | Comments (14)Most of us were going to balance the ups and downs of the McCain/Palin team and the Obama/Biden team. Well not so fast kids, what about the dynamic duo making waves on the independent ticket as we speak? Don’t know who I’m talking about? None other than presidential hopeful John McClane and his running mate Hans Gruber.
Barack Obama Deathmatch vs. McCain, Clinton
Officially Cool By Brian C. Gibson on August 29, 2008 | Comments (6)Using the character creation feature on the smash hit video-game Soul Calibur 4, one YouTuber has created Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama, John McCain and Senator Hillary Clinton.
Through much of the year, most celebrities stay out of politics. But when an election rolls around, they suddenly mistake their star popularity for public interest in what they have to say about the issues.
Four Movies to Show at the Democratic National Convention
Features By Cole Abaius on August 25, 2008 | Comments (14)It turns out we’re going to be voting for President or mayor or something soon. Strap in as FSR takes you LIVE to the Democratic National Convention via my crappy apartment on Capitol Hill.
Josh Radde takes offense at Kevin Carr’s cheese references, love of Cylon-leadership and empty rhetoric. Why are we still talking about politics on a film website? Your guess is as good as mine.
It is not often that I delve into politics on this site. However, after seeing my cheddar-sharp logic that follows, I imagine that John McCain and Barack Obama will stampede to Hollywood to pick up the following running mates.
Ten Cinematic Running Mates for McCain and Obama
Cinematic Listology By FSR Staff on August 4, 2008 | Comments (10)The Veepstakes are heating up. Who better to place on the ballot than fictional characters who could never, ever actually be elected Vice President?
Fat Guys at the Movies: Episode 76 – Fat Vote
Podcast By Fat Guys at the Movies on August 1, 2008 | Be the First To CommentRecovering from a harrowing trip to the San Diego Comic-Con, Kevin and Neil sharpen their claws and sink their teeth into the start of crappy movie season with the first August releases.
This is pretty self explanatory, and I have heard a rumor that George Lucas likens Barack Obama to a jedi. Enjoy the outrageousness.
Sometimes we just can’t avoid a little commentary that veers into the world of politics — especially not in an election year and especially not when studios are releasing movie posters like this.
Hancock Endorses Obama, Tarantino Still Talking, Dark Knight Something and Other News
Movie News By Neil Miller on June 25, 2008 | Be the First To CommentWe’ve got the sickness, that terrible illness that seems to be plaguing so many Americans these days: laziness. That said, here are the news stories that we just didn’t care enough about to write full articles so far this week.
Officially Cool: The Empire Strikes Barack
Officially Cool By Neil Miller on May 7, 2008 | Comments (2)Here at Film School Rejects, we have always tried to steer clear of letting our political opinions come out into the open. So with this video, we are not endorsing anyone — we just think it’s funny.
Hilary May Have Jack’s Bleeding Liberal Heart, But Obama Gets The Hulk
Movie News By Josh Radde on March 16, 2008 | Comments (14)
Barack Obama Votes for The Godfather
Movie News By Maggie Van Ostrand on February 28, 2008 | Comments (6)
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