The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
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You know, I think Oprah supports the movie because, as a positive, the movie does tell an important story about a group that was an important mouthpiece for black people and for black culture. With O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr. Gary Gray has one other defense that you report: "C'mon, Oprah liked this movie." Why do you think she liked it? But to say, "Let's focus on one gender's plight and one social-justice issue and ignore the other one" was kind of also disappointing. And that there are other things to focus on besides just that - I'm assuming because the movie addresses police brutality and N.W.A's role in getting black people a voice in Compton in the '80s against the police, and giving them an anthem.
Įssentially, that he's telling the story of N.W.A, and that in order to entertain, you can't always be politically correct. Share: OShea Jackson Jr., Jason Mitchell, and Corey Hawkins. I think it struck a nerve, as conversations about misogyny often do. The Cast of Straight Outta Compton visits Rolling Stone. But you did something else that I really appreciate: You reached out to the director, Gary Gray, and said, "What's up with this?" How'd that conversation go? You did something that lots of people do: Something bothered you and you wrote about it on the Internet.
You'll ignore the brutality, and then you'll ignore discussions of empowerment - we're throwaways. The last part of the pitchfork blurb was removed from the actual review :(. I think it's demonstrative of how society treats black women in general. Came to see if anyone mentioned pitchfork here, nevermind. I think for a movie that omitted discussing and contextualizing a history of degradation of women, a brutality of women - to ignore that conversation and then to add a misogynistic moment for a punchline just felt really bad and really insensitive and thoughtless. It's a woman being treated brutally, blamed for an argument among men. Davis joined NPR's Steve Inskeep to discuss her essay on The Cut and why Straight Outta Compton raises questions that are tough for black women to grapple with.Įxplain what it is that bothers you.
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