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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
"But from what I see, pushing the Italian guy to the front seems a valid choice." Sure, if you think the way to address racism is to tell stories about white guys, and to reduce black characters to supporting actors. Not saying it can't be done, but To Kill A Mockingbird feels a little dated now, and to pick such an old-stool approach feels retrograde to me.
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Sure, if you ignore the sentences that follow the one you quoted I do seem pretty shallow.
And maybe it was just a movie to sell tickets and tell a sort of interesting story? It is sort of hard to tell a story set in 1960, without making it real for, you know, 1960?
