Most recent public comments by Tanner Goldberg https://nowcomment.com/users/17141 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=408604 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36344?scroll_to=408604 This sentence brings up an interesting thought that is a real problem in today's film industry. Time and time again we see these character made real by brilliant writing and acting before our eyes on screen, but what do so many of those characters have in common? They're white. There certainly isn't a lack of talent among Asian American actors, so the issue comes down to the fact that Hollywood will only produce movies with two dimensional caricatures of Asian or Asian American individuals. In Gran Torino we see a young boy made into a man, or an actual character, by this white figure. We must ask, if the boy was saved by someone non-white, would we have seen the movie at all? Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:25:06 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=407027 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=407027 This line truly resonated with me because when I think "war is hell" I don't think of the thousands that die in every war that takes place, nor the geopolitical ramifications that wars have. When someone says war is hell I get an image of some ambiguous Hollywood figure who says the words in a traditional soldier outfit before flicking his cigarette to the side. As a society we have come to accept war as the constant state of our world and thus it has become nothing more than entertainment. While many people think immediately of movies, it can't be overlooked that anymore the news is just another form of entertainment. Shock and Awe stories are told to the masses that will do nothing more than stare open mouthed at the incomprehensible horrors of war. War is only a business, like the rest of the essay says, because we have grown numb to so much gore and only the thought of unadulterated death can stir us from the consuming coma that we have fallen deeply into. Mon, 09 Nov 2015 22:42:46 -0500