this movie was a lot. I’m not usually a fan of movies that try to make several different points at once and this is def one of those movies. I think it’s really prescient though, real ahead of its time. I hate how unsexy laurence fishburne is in this movie and that god awful accent, but Omar Epps acting lowkey saved the whole thing. like fuck. he’s such a good actor truly. but yeah, this movie really does show what life is like at a pwi that is supposedly a bastion of diversity and progressiveness when there’s a clear class and race divide. I especially love the way the racism is micro aggressive for a while and then suddenly erupts in violence, really shows how tensions build up. It makes you question the value of “higher learning” and respectability politics. The premise is amazing but the execution could have been better, like I mentioned before, it tries to cram too many storylines together. I was honestly only engaged when the black people were on the screen. but yea, I actually sorta like this movie, it’s just not a fav esp within singletons catalogue.
this movie was a lot. I’m not usually a fan of movies that try to make several different points at once and this is def one of those movies. I think it’s really prescient though, real ahead of its time. I hate how unsexy laurence fishburne is in this movie and that god awful accent, but Omar Epps acting lowkey saved the whole thing. like fuck. he’s such a good actor truly. but yeah, this movie really does show what life is like at a pwi that is supposedly a bastion of diversity and progressiveness when there’s a clear class and race divide. I especially love the way the racism is micro aggressive for a while and then suddenly erupts in violence, really shows how tensions build up. It makes you question the value of “higher learning” and respectability politics. The premise is amazing but the execution could have been better, like I mentioned before, it tries to cram too many storylines together. I was honestly only engaged when the black people were on the screen. but yea, I actually sorta like this movie, it’s just not a fav esp within singletons catalogue.
