The Awful Truth: Unflattering Portraits in "A Serious Man," and "Precious"

Autor/in	Beck, Bernard
Titel	The Awful Truth: Unflattering Portraits in "A Serious Man," and "Precious"
Quelle	In: Multicultural Perspectives, 12 (2010) 3, S.152-155 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0960
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; African Americans; Jews; Audiences; Minority Groups; Films; Reputation; Stereotypes; Negative Attitudes; Criticism; Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Spectator; Zuschauer; Ethnische Minderheit; Film; Klischee; Negative Fixierung; Kritik
Abstract	Minority groups are often justified in being watchful for the difficulties that negative reputations can bring on them. The necessity for discovery and discussion of serious issues within a minority community is real, but the resistance to such a candid approach is founded in their position of vulnerability and the power of old stereotypes. Two recent movies, "A Serious Man" and "Precious", in spite of their enthusiastic reception by movie critics and audiences, are viewed with uneasiness by some commentators in the Jewish and African-American communities. This negative view is predictable and unavoidable. It reminds us that even hyper-sensitive minorities have real enemies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10