Totally agree. I seriously enjoyed the movie, but I spent most of it thinking this isn't right or true where it most needs to be. Willa is closest, I think, to something authentic. But the shortcomings of the movie speak to the shortcomings of this society. A society where the middle-aged white guy burnout is the focal character and not the matriarch, Deeandra, or even really Willa. The characters who continued to live radically are mostly shoved off stage early (see also Perfidia; even her name is a tell). But I guess that's the burden we live with in repeatedly coming so close to liberatory work that just misses the mark. It's one battle after another...I guess.
Totally agree. I seriously enjoyed the movie, but I spent most of it thinking this isn't right or true where it most needs to be. Willa is closest, I think, to something authentic. But the shortcomings of the movie speak to the shortcomings of this society. A society where the middle-aged white guy burnout is the focal character and not the matriarch, Deeandra, or even really Willa. The characters who continued to live radically are mostly shoved off stage early (see also Perfidia; even her name is a tell). But I guess that's the burden we live with in repeatedly coming so close to liberatory work that just misses the mark. It's one battle after another...I guess.
literally!
“OBAA raised more questions than outrage for me, and that feels like a ratio I can live with, for now.” — Same.