'Hollywood' is earnest and optimistic—exactly what your soul needs right now.
, making it one of Murphy’s lowest-scored projects ever. The criticisms are valid. This series—which reimagines what 1940s Hollywood could have been like if women and people of color were in power—is too general, too on-the-nose, too caught up in its own sweeping statement to worry about the lack of logic and detail. It’s idealistic to a fault, with an earnest, overly simplistic message that visibility in pop culture is the magic bullet to ending racism, homophobia, and sexism. still hooked me.
I’m slowly adjusting, but the nonsensical idea of there being a Band-Aid for this pandemic still persists.a Band-Aid for our culture’s deep-rooted issues. That if people just saw a black woman or gay man on screen, it would obliterate any prejudices they have. That a diverse movie cast can completely change the heart of a bigot. Don’t get me wrong: Visibility is important. Seeing minorities represented in entertainmenta vital piece to achieving true equality—but it’s just one piece.
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