Sentences with phrase «so cultural stereotypes»

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We didn't make his sophisticated, subtle Shop Girl a hit, so he dishes out what he knows, alas, today's American audiences will gobble up greedily: a painful assemblage of distasteful slapstick (not one but two elderly and infirm folks are abused — by the putative hero, no less — in the opening moments of the film alone), cultural stereotyping, and celebrations of idiocy that will try the patience of anyone with a double - digit IQ or age.

Rather than attacking the obvious bigots, Peele's «I Am Not Your Negro» thriller goes after those who consider themselves liberal, launching a daring direct attack on so many cultural codes long enforced by Hollywood: the white male gaze, the mixed - race couple taboo, the hapless wide - eyed African - American stereotype and the myth that we are somehow living in a post-racial society.

The Guardian UK recently reported that diversity is a trend in publishing for 2018, so today, I have an interview with Alex Anders on how to write diverse characters without cultural appropriation or stereotyping, as well as boundaries around language and an interesting discussion on gender fluidity.

I do this so that the person viewing the piece doesn't get confused that the piece may be about black life, or cultural identity, but instead that the piece is about others» perception of the Other, and how that might obviously have a negative impact on a community and on the individual that is being portrayed in the stereotype.

In a region of the world that's so often subject to reductive perceptions and stereotypes, this suggests an opportunity for African countries to own their cultural narratives.