Here’s MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Vanity Fair’s Michael Wolff, and WaPo critic Paul Farhi discussing “The Blind Side.” And how illuminating for the “Hardball” audience to hear such a broad diversity of cinematic opinion ranging from hard left to harder left.
Let me save you from watching the video. In order of stupidity from least to worst, here are the three main talking points:
1. White people holding the solutions to minority peoples’ problems is offensive.
2. I agree, but I still liked the movie.
3. Black people are used as a “prop” to make white people feel better.
A couple of times Michael Wolff seems like he’s about to credit Barack Obama, or at least his election, with the success of both “The Blind Side” and “Avatar.” At the last moment, though, Wolff pulls back as though he’s afraid to say it because in his mind the idea might sound grand but just as the words are about to leave his lips he begins to understand how moronic he’ll sound.
But wouldn’t it have been interesting to have one penetration of the “Hardball” echo chamber with this very simple question:
“Should we not tell inspiring true stories where white people help black people to transform their lives for the better?”
Essentially, if you think about it, all three of these guys don’t think “The Blind Side” should’ve even been made because it reinforces what they see as a negative stereotype — you know, that ugly stereotype of Christian conservatives reaching out to help another. That they only see skin color is not only their own problem and hang up but also illuminating. Most of America didn’t see a “black” kid up on that screen, they saw a decent young man in terrible circumstance in need of compassion.
Obviously these three are not alone. We’ve heard a lot of this criticism about the Sandra Bullock film and will continue to. The movie’s already a hit so these race-obsessed leftists know they can’t put the toothpaste back into the tube. But the idea here is to send a warning to Hollywood not to do it again.
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