Mostly what I want is more balance, because yes, it's completely and totally wonderful to criticize the problematic elements, but then I worry (a lot) that the characters that are the focal point of the criticism stop being *characters* and start being problems and that's just. Icky. Wow, check out my kickin' vocabulary here.
But like, I tend to love the characters of color and so I keep reading all this criticism and it's all oh, look, another stereotypical portrayal of the looming black man and the discussion doesn't go any further than that and becomes more of the, "Oh unconscious racism, why so skanky?" and I'm left going all, "Amy, Amy, did you see how they turned that stereotype on its head? Wasn't that NEAT?" and...I don't know. I mean, I know and acknowledge that I'm part of the problem by *not* talking about the awesome things, but I just get tired after reading everyone else's reactions to things and I save it up for the people I talk to on the phone.
Anyway, hi, I'm rambling. More balance is what I'm saying.
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Date: 2007-11-23 04:35 am (UTC)But like, I tend to love the characters of color and so I keep reading all this criticism and it's all oh, look, another stereotypical portrayal of the looming black man and the discussion doesn't go any further than that and becomes more of the, "Oh unconscious racism, why so skanky?" and I'm left going all, "Amy, Amy, did you see how they turned that stereotype on its head? Wasn't that NEAT?" and...I don't know. I mean, I know and acknowledge that I'm part of the problem by *not* talking about the awesome things, but I just get tired after reading everyone else's reactions to things and I save it up for the people I talk to on the phone.
Anyway, hi, I'm rambling. More balance is what I'm saying.