astaraels:

elizabitchtaylor:

film about a group of men getting into shenanigans= “comedy”
film about a group of women getting into shenanigans= “chick flick”

film about a friendship between two men= “buddy flick”
film about a friendship between two women= “chick flick”

emotional film about father/son relationships= “drama” 
emotional film about mother/daughter relationships= “chick flick” 

film about a young man finding identity= “coming of age”
film about a young woman finding identity= “chick flick”

#daily reminder that the world sucks #it just gets worse when you remember all the other intersections of privilege and oppression #film about a young black man finding identity: ‘ghetto’ or ‘urban niche’ #film about a white person getting their life together by helping a young black man find his identity: Oscar winner #film about poc teaching white people shit: cuh-RAAAAZY comedy and super othering #film about white people teaching poc shit: breathtaking and thought-provoking and GOSH AREN’T THE WHITE PEOPLE SWELL #film about a cis het couple in love and having shenanigans: romantic comedy #film about a homosexual couple in love and having shenanigans: ‘niche interest’ and probably has a forced coming out story #film about two cis het dudes pretending to be a romantic couple: COMEDY GOLD #film about two cis gay dudes pretending not to be a romantic couple: wait you mean that being gay doesn’t mean a dude wants to sleep with… #* every other dude out there? #(never mind how in Hollywood it’s just expected that gay men will play straight #see: Matt Bomer in White Collar; Jonathan Groff on Glee; ZQuinto in Star Trek; NPH on HIMYM; #while it’s ~so special and cool and omg how open minded~ if a straight dude plays gay #I don’t remember if Steve Carrell got any of that for Little Miss Sunshine (I don’t think he did because he’s #not conventionally physically attractive) but other actors get it sooo much) #film about two cis lesbians who pretend not to be a romantic couple: …so wait why don’t they have boyfriends? …what’s a lesbian again? #I just really hate people 🙂 (via amorremanet)