Well, being judgmental when it comes to movies is a whole lot different than being judgmental towards people based on what they say about a movie where people punch each other in the face.
I'll come back to this. But first I'll say why it bothers me so much, so you can understand. I talk to a lot of film students and young people who come into this industry. And i mean a lot. And all of them have the same dreams and I mean this sincerely when I say I genuinely want
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them all to succeed. But in all that dialogue, you pick up on attitudes and beliefs the kids have about how movies work and how they talk about them - and with certain kids that point toward behaviors that tend to undo those kid's pursuit of those dreams.
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So the comment may seem innocuous to you, I know that, and I get that, but for me it's absolutely a dog whistle for many of the other things I've talked about in this thread. Someone who confronts a class like that, trust me, is worrying. And I've seen it play out horribly many
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