As I was watching it I immediately thought of Clay from Robot Stories. The plot lines are crazy similar: human man in love with robot female. But the key difference is the race factor - one film features a racially diverse cast whereas the other is predominately white (classic Hollywood...). It's interesting then to think about the actual, significant differences race makes in each story. Why choose an Asian male versus a white one? What merit does a certain race bring to a film? Or does it only matter because of the lack of representation for minority groups? So many questions!
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Her
A friend of mine recently sent me the link to the trailer of Her -
As I was watching it I immediately thought of Clay from Robot Stories. The plot lines are crazy similar: human man in love with robot female. But the key difference is the race factor - one film features a racially diverse cast whereas the other is predominately white (classic Hollywood...). It's interesting then to think about the actual, significant differences race makes in each story. Why choose an Asian male versus a white one? What merit does a certain race bring to a film? Or does it only matter because of the lack of representation for minority groups? So many questions!
As I was watching it I immediately thought of Clay from Robot Stories. The plot lines are crazy similar: human man in love with robot female. But the key difference is the race factor - one film features a racially diverse cast whereas the other is predominately white (classic Hollywood...). It's interesting then to think about the actual, significant differences race makes in each story. Why choose an Asian male versus a white one? What merit does a certain race bring to a film? Or does it only matter because of the lack of representation for minority groups? So many questions!
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