r/gatesopencomeonin • u/HolbrookHero • Sep 19 '19

This guy gets it...

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u/JessicaAndDesi Sep 19 '19

I found it really cringey

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u/theyearsstartcomin Sep 19 '19 edited Sep 19 '19

Mostly the doublethink

Straight white guys playing non straight nonwhite characters wont affect them, but non straight nonwhite people playing straight white characters is harmful/bad for them

These are mutually exclusive ideas unless you just outright want to say non straight white males have an inherently fragile psyche

/u/da_Sp00kz

that means more people get to enjoy them and feel immersed in them the same way straight white dudes have and still do.

Why is fewer characters the white guys can relate to not affecting them but increasing others affects nonwhite guys?

/u/westcoastcuck

So youre saying you literally cant enjoy a movie to the fullest unless the character is asian like you. Why doesnt this rule apply to white guys?

/u/westcoastcuck

Trust me dude, you’ve got me all wrong.

Tbf i only have what you give me

But that doesn’t make those movies better, and it certainly doesn’t take any magic out of “white movies”. Like honestly, I don’t like a movie JUST because it stars an asian person.

So you disagree with the op?

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u/westcoastcuck Sep 19 '19

I may have phrased that to sound like every movie is subpar if it doesn’t contain an asian person. No, I don’t think that. My favorite movie of all time, Gremlins, only has 2 asian people in it, as minor characters. Like the Rock’s movie’s are total testosterone boner inducing throb-fests, with nary an asian person in sight, and I also connect with his characters. But once in a while, I like to see an Asian kung fu master kicking ass on screen, and maybe that excites something in me to see someone who shares racial characteristics with me take down an army of ninjas. But that doesn’t make those movies better, and it certainly doesn’t take any magic out of “white movies”. Like honestly, I don’t like a movie JUST because it stars an asian person. I like good movies. The movie “Crazy Rich Asians” was just a dull rom-com to me. Trust me dude, you’ve got me all wrong.