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k but do you get why today, in 2018, with police brutality all over the news, and all over our lives, we might be a little miffed that police brutality is treated as a minor background detail in the life of a sympathetic character?

do you see why we might be a little miffed that this character never at any point is asked to come to terms with his racism, with any black characters, with any consequences for his violence against black people specifically?

Do you realize that not all movies need to have an ending where everyone is happy and everyone gets their comeuppance?

Yeah sure of course. I don't need him to have his comeuppance. But if a racist cop is going to have a redemption arc in 2018, that arc sure as hell better have SOMEthing to do with black people, and no, getting fired by his new black boss doesn't count.

But why though? So many arcs in that movie were left open ended. Peter Dinklage's character, the new chief, the son's bullying, etc. Why does that specific aspect need to have a resolution? Him being racist was part of his character, not part of the plot.

"Him being racist was part of his character, not part of the plot." <--- that is exactly the problem. Police are still regularly murdering unarmed POC in the streets. So right now police brutality shouldn't be a background character trait the movie has no interest in exploring.

But why? Because of today's culture? His characterization influence how people treated him in the movie. It sounds to me like you're just mad the film didn't do what you wanted it to. That doesn't make the movie flawed. A movie can contain racism without making it a plot point.

Think about a movie set in the 1800s. Having slaves around is simply a product of the times. It doesn't mean they need to be part of the film, but not having them around would be turning a blind eye to this country's past atrocities. What changes would you have made?