the worst and most fucking annoying mistake that film reviewers make is assuming that art can exist in a political vacuum, as if the circumstances of a work& #39;s release, timing, political climate, and creator& #39;s intent are things that ought to be ignored in pursuit of objectivity
it is a very particular brand of bitter hilarity to read a bunch of film reviews by snobby old white guys who think that it& #39;s intellect guiding them to treat a film as though it exists above the society it was released into. and yes it& #39;s relevant that they& #39;re white guys
only those who are most untouched by politics, by virtue of it being in their favour, are able to ignore it, which makes them incredibly ignorant and goddamn fucking boring