We are proud to publish Hollywood Lens Z, a series of student essays written in partial fulfillment of Dr. Kathleen Tarr’s first-year course taught in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University, “That’s Entertainment! The Rhetoric of Hollywood’s Inequities.” “Women, poor people, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, …
When Nate Harper (not his real name) stormed out of the room and then the building – without a word of “goodbye” – we were instantaneously aware that something racist awaited our Lion King auditions. Hoping for the role of Shenzi, the hyena made famous by Whoopi Goldberg’s voice-over in the movie version, we suddenly …
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Last month, I wrote about the make-believe economics of the movie industry that people use to convince themselves to cast actors who are white, and avoid actors who aren’t. The diversity issue is particularly annoying because as much as the movie industry has reinforced racial and gender stereotypes, and it has, films have also pushed …
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