racism is a huge sociatal trauma. you can't subjucate peoples for centuries without that leaving a mark, on both sides. for the oppressors side, they have to deal with the guilt somehow. coming to face with it, is a big first step. too big a step for most. it doesn't help with that, then, that our entire culture seems one big defense mechanism for looking away and lulling us into thinking we're okay. the best in fact, so that's why we just can go on, for instance, with these colonial wars, with drones, diplomacy and the old fashioned kind Trump favors. and we say black and brown people are just mistaking when they're bringing up racism. or they're told, the ugly liberal way, that they should bring their message nicely, thus putting the onus on them. us never changing, them always having to explain themselves they're people too.
Chiikawa: for kids or not?
I saw the Chiikawa movie. I give it a 8/10: the transition to long format is not done perfectly, but good enough. Of course it has some epic and cute moments. I watched a cam recording with English subtitles. Which isn't my prefered way, but I see no plans to do an official English release. Reviewers and viewers are noticing the movie is super dark at times (not the lightning, but the subject matter). I'm swaying back and forth a bit whether Chiikawa is for kids or not. I read a comment relaying creator Nagano who said she liked these dark things as a kid and she liked just getting that vibe, while not completely understanding what was going on. Here I have to think about Chiikawa and Hachiware in the manga, reading scary stories on the internet: scared, Chiikawa crying, but reading 'just one more story'. I saw a review from a general audience member on Reddit. They told that their littlest cousin, 5 years old, or something, just enjoyed the movie. While their 13 year ...
Reacties